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Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
This work is a blend of science‑fiction, horror, and Gothic fiction, introduced through a series of…
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
The work is a Victorian‑era blend of science‑fiction and horror, set in a fog‑shrouded London where a lawyer…
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The novel is an epistolary horror that begins with a series of journal entries from the English solicitor…
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
Gaston Leroux
Ce roman s’inscrit dans le croisement du récit d’horreur, de la fiction musicale et du drame parisien du XIXᵉ…
The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
Rymer, James Malcolm; Prest, Thomas Peckett
The work is a lurid blend of historical fiction and horror, set in late‑eighteenth‑century London where the…
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Ward Radcliffe
The opening places the reader in 1584 on the banks of the Garonne, where the modest château of Monsieur St.
The novel is an epistolary horror that begins with a vivid, almost cinematic report of a ferocious storm…
The Monk: A Romance
M. G. Lewis
The Monk is a Gothic romance that blends horror, religious intrigue, and a richly detailed Spanish setting.
The work is a Victorian‑era psychological thriller that blends science‑fiction speculation with gothic…
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic melodrama that intertwines horror, musical intrigue, and Parisian…
The Dunwich horror
H. P. Lovecraft
The Dunwich Horror is a work of early twentieth‑century American fantasy fiction that blends horror with a…
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a work of science‑fiction and Gothic horror that frames its narrative as a…
The call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu is a horror tale that begins with a philosophical meditation on humanity’s fragile grasp…
Life Blood
Thomas Hoover
Life Blood is a dark‑thrilling blend of horror, suspense, and medical intrigue set against a mist‑shrouded…
The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen’s tale unfolds as a slow‑burning horror, beginning with a quiet, almost pastoral conversation…
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce’s “The Damned Thing,” first published in 1898 as part of his collection *In the Midst of…
At the mountains of madness
The story is presented as a first‑person scientific report from a Miskatonic University expedition to…
Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus* is a work that straddles science‑fiction, horror,…
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto is the first full‑blown gothic novel, a horror tale that intertwines the anxieties of…
The Vampyre; a Tale
John William Polidori
The work is a Gothic horror tale that begins with a long, rambling travelogue through the lakeside region of…
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2.
W. W. Jacobs
The Wendigo
Algernon Blackwood
Dracula's Guest
