Portal:Horror

Horror

Horror non-fiction

• The Book of Were-Wolves by Sabine Baring-Gould
• Supernatural Horror in Literature by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Horror fiction

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster from The Bride of Frankenstein. A common modern depcition of the monster.

• A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker
• A Baby Tramp by Ambrose Bierce
• The Beast in the Cave, 1918 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
• The Book, 1938 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (unfinished)
• The Case of Euphemia Raphash by Matthew Phipps Shiel
• The Disinterment,1937 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and D. W. Rimel
• Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, 1921 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Green Meadow, 1927 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson
• The Horror in the Burying-Ground, 1937 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Hazel Heald
• John Silence, Physician Extraordinary, 1908 by Algernon Blackwood
• Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
• Medusa's Coil by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
• The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Temple, 1925 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Tomb, 1922 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Vaila, 1896 by Matthew Phipps Shiel
• Xélucha, 1896 by Matthew Phipps Shiel

Cults

• The Grisly Horror, 1935 by Robert Ervin Howard

Cursed and enchanted objects

Clothes

• "The Medici Boots" by Pearl Norton Swet. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)

Cutlery

• "The Monkey Spoons" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman. in Weird Tales, 42 (4) (May 1950)

Mirrors

• "The Diary of Philip Westerly" by Paul Compton. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)

Paintings

• Hell Screen 1918, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
• "Naked Lady" by Mindret Lord. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890, by Oscar Wilde
• "The Sinister Painting" by Greye La Spina. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)

Cosmic horror

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• Hypnos, 1923 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• "The Door into Infinity" by Edmond Hamilton. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)

Cryptids and strange creatures

• The Horror of the Heights, 1913 by Arthur Conan Doyle

Demons

• The Music of Erich Zann, 1922 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Other Gods, 1933 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Ghost stories

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Gothic fiction

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Mad science

• Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, 1831 by Mary Shelley
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Island of Doctor Moreau, 1896 by H. G. Wells
• The Invisible Man, 1897 by H. G. Wells
• Herbert West: Reanimator, 1922 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Mummies

• "The Book of the Dead" by Frank Gruber. in Weird Tales, 36 (2) (November-December 1941)

Murderers

• The Imp of the Perverse, 1845 by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Cask of Amontillado, 1846 by Edgar Allan Poe
• The String of Pearls, 1846-47 anonymous work
• Hop-Frog, 1849 by Edgar Allan Poe
• Max Hensig, 1907 by Algernon Blackwood
• The Vengeance of Nitocris, 1928 by Tennessee Williams
• "The Coming of Abel Behenna" by Bram Stoker. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)
• "In the Dark" by Ronal Kayser. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)

Nature

Malevolent aspects of nature (including animals and plants) and nature running amok. Includes spirits or forces of nature.

• The Willows, 1907 by Algernon Blackwood
• The Tree, 1921 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• "Vine Terror" by Howard Wandrei. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)

Sea monsters

• The Horror at Martin's Beach, 1923 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis

Undead

Not including stories of vampires, mummies or others listed in separate sections

• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, 1845 by Edgar Allan Poe
• In the Vault, 1925 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Cool Air, 1928 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Skull-Face, 1929 by Robert Ervin Howard

Vampires

• "The Vampyre," 1819 by John William Polidori
• Clarimonde, 1836 by Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier, translated by Lafcadio Hearn
• "The Vampire," 1871 by Jan Neruda
• Carmilla, 1872 by Sheridan Le Fanu
• Dracula, 1897 by Bram Stoker
• The House of the Vampire, 1907 by George Sylvester Viereck
• The Room in the Tower, 1912 by Edward Frederic Benson
• "Return to Death" by J. Wesley Rosenquest. in Weird Tales, 27 (1) (January 1936)
• "Four Wooden Stakes" by Victor Rowan. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)
• "Isle of the Undead" by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. in Weird Tales, 28 (3) (October 1936)
• "Doom of the House of Duryea" by Earl Peirce. in Weird Tales, 28 (3) (October 1936)
• "I, the Vampire" by Henry Kuttner. in Weird Tales, 29 (2) (February 1937)
• "Cross of Fire" by Lester del Rey. in Weird Tales, 33 (5) (May 1939)
• "Spanish Vampire" by Edgar Hoffmann Price. in Weird Tales, 34 (3) (September 1939)
• "The Antimacassar" by Greye La Spina. in Weird Tales, 41 (4) (May 1949) ‎
• "Share Alike," 1953 by Jerome Bixby and Joe E. Dean
• "She Only Goes Out at Night," 1956 by William Tenn

Werewolves

• "Gypsy Song," 1771 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• "The Boarwolf," 1826 by Robert Pearse Gillies
• "The Werewolf of the Hartz Mountains," 1839 by Frederick Marryat
• Wagner the Wehr-wolf, 1846 by George W. M. Reynolds
• "The Loup-Garou: A Legend of Auvergne" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 11 (1864) by George James De Wilde (transcription project)
• The Mark of the Beast, 1890 by Rudyard Kipling
• "The Camp of the Dog," 1908 by Algernon Blackwood
• The Lay of the Were-Wolf, 1911 by Marie de France
• "Werwolf," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Wolf of the Steppes," 1919 by Greye La Spina
• In the Forest of Villefére, 1925 by Robert E. Howard
• Invaders from the Dark, 1925 by Greye La Spina
• Wolfshead, 1926 by Robert E. Howard
• The Hyena, 1928 by Robert E. Howard
• "Werewolf of the Sahara" by Gladys Gordon Trenery. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)
• "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance" by Gans T. Field. in Weird Tales, 31 (2) (February 1938)
• "Black Hound of Death," 1936 by Robert E. Howard
• "The Werewolf Howls" by Clifford Ball. in Weird Tales, 36 (2) (November-December 1941)

Witchcraft, curses and magic

• The White People, 1904 by Arthur Machen
• Brood of the Witch Queen, 1918 by Sax Rohmer
• The Alchemist, 1916 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Horror at Red Hook, 1927 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Haunter of the Ring, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard

Horror poetry

• Darkness, 1816 by George Gordon, Lord Byron
• Nemesis, 1917 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• "Sable Revery" by Robert William Nelson. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)
• "Lycanthropus" by C. Edgar Bolen. in Weird Tales, 28 (2) (August-September 1936)
• "Witch-Burning" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman. in Weird Tales, 28 (3) (October 1936)

Horror authors

Edgar Allan Poe

• H. F. Arnold
• Edward Frederic Benson
• Ambrose Bierce
• Zealia Bishop
• Algernon Blackwood
• Robert William Chambers
• August William Derleth
• Stefan Grabinski
• William Hope Hodgson
• Robert Ervin Howard
• Montague Rhodes James
• Sheridan Le Fanu
• Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Walter de la Mare
• Edward Plunkett (Lord Dunsany)
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Seabury Quinn
• Clark Ashton Smith
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• Bram Stoker
• Manly Wade Wellman

See also

• Portal:Apocalyptic fiction
• Portal:Fantasy
• Portal:Science fiction