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50 Best Horror Short Stories Of All Time

The best horror short stories of all time are listed here. Throughout this article, we have tried to list the best horror short stories. On the list we have selected the best horror short stories from different stories; you can say some horrendous authors.

Their horror stories can make you feel numb within a short time without any notice. On our list, we listed the 50 best horror short stories of all time.

50 Best Horror Short Stories You Will Ever Read Till Now

On this list, there are stories written by some legendary authors like Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Charles Dickens, Franz Kafka, W.W.Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, Vladimir Nabokov, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft,

Nathaniel Hawthorne and many more. All these writers are the masters of horror stories and novels. So, without any further delay, we will move on to the list of the best horror short stories of all time at this moment.

50 Best Horror Short Stories:

  1. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

  2. The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

  3. The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs

  4. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

  5. The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

  6. The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

  7. Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner

    Best Horror Short Stories- Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner

  8. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

  9. An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Ambrose Bierce

    Best Horror Short Stories- An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Ambrose Bierce

  10. The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet

  11. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

  12. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

    Best Horror Short Stories- I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

  13. Children of the Corn by Stephen King

    Best Horror Short Stories- Children of the Corn by Stephen King

  14. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates

    Best Horror Short Stories- Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates

  15. The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

  16. The Open Window by Saki

    Best Horror Short Stories- The Open Window by Saki

  17. Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard

    Best Horror Short Stories- Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard

  18. A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

    Best Horror Short Stories- A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

  19. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

    Best Horror Short Stories- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  20. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  21. Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

    Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

  22. The Mist by Stephen King

    The Mist by Stephen King

  23. The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft

    The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft

  24. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

    The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

  25. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

    Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

  26. Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl

    Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl

  27. The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

    The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

  28. A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

    A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

  29. Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You by M.R. James

    Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You by M.R. James

  30. The Box by Richard Matheson

    The Box by Richard Matheson

  31. A Collapse of Horses by Brian Everson

    A Collapse of Horses by Brian Everson

  32. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

    The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

  33. The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford

    The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford

  34. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

    A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

  35. Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker

    Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker

  36. The Vampyre by John Polidori

    The Vampyre by John Polidori

  37. The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

    The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

  38. The Autopsy by Michael Shea

    The Autopsy by Michael Shea

  39. The Doll by Daphne du Maurier

    The Doll by Daphne du Maurier

  40. The Road Virus Heads North by Stephen King

    The Road Virus Heads North by Stephen King

  41. The Jar by Ray Bradbury

    The Jar by Ray Bradbury

  42. The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison

    The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison

  43. In the Hills, the Cities by Clive Barker

    In the Hills, the Cities by Clive Barker

  44. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Lieber

    The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Lieber

  45. Casting the Runes by M.R. James

    Casting the Runes by M.R. James

  46. The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can Be by Gahan Wilson

    The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can Be by Gahan Wilson

  47. In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

    In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

  48. Guts by Chuck Palahniuk

    Guts by Chuck Palahniuk

  49. The Landlady by Roald Dahl

    The Landlady by Roald Dahl

  50. He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door by Robert McCammon

    He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door by Robert McCammon

So this is the list of the 50 all-time best horror short stories. These stories can be short in their lengths, but after reading the stories; they will expand in your brain later. the phrases, the conditions, and the things that are used in writing this story are praiseworthy and these are admired throughout the whole world.

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