Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899
Annotated

The Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899 delivers 12of the greatest horror stories for the second half of the nineteenth century. Andrew Barger read over 300 horror short stories to compile the very best. It contains the best horror stories from the last half of the 19th century, including shocking tales from popular American and Victorian authors.

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Andrew, award-winning author and editor of Phantasmal: Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-1849  and 6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1850 has researched the finest horror stories for the last half of the nineteenth century and combined them in one haunting collection. 

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• A Terror Tour Guide (2016) by Andrew Barger (The stage is set for this anthology of nightmares.)

• The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak (1897) by Basil Tozer (Hoards of giant spiders on a Colorado mountain. What could go wrong?)

• Lot No. 249 (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Perhaps the premier mummy horror story ever recorded from the master that is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is measured out to its climatic ending.)

• The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Explore the depths of insanity.)

• Green Tea (1871) by Joseph Le Fanu (One of the most haunting horror stories by the Irish master.)

• What Was It? (1859) by Fitz James O’Brien (Sometimes the worst horror is one you can't see.)

• Pollock and the Porroh Man (1897) by H. G. Wells (Wells takes us deep into the jungle and its wrought supernatural horror.)

• The Spider of Guyana (1857) by Erckmann-Chatrian (The first giant spider horror story is one of its best.)

• The Squaw (1893) by Bram Stoker (The author of Dracula never disappoints.)

• The Great God Pan (1894) by Arthur Machen (Mythic horror that gained much praise from H. P. Lovecraft.)

• His Unconquerable Enemy (1889) by W. C. Morrow (A fiendish tale of torture sees Morrow at his best.)

• Horror Short Stories Considered (Andrew concludes the horror anthology by listing every horror short story he read to pick the very best.)

 

Read the premier horror anthology for the last half of the nineteenth century. This fully annotated edition includes:

• Annotations of each story throughout

• Author photos

• Literary comments and analyses

• Introduction by Andrew Barger

• Background information for each of the horror short stories

• List of stories considered