I started a discussion on Kindle forums and asked for people's favorite horror short stories. Here is the consolidated list. Read some of these scary stories in Crypt Classics: The Best 19th Horror Stories Anthology I edited. It was a finalist in the anthology category of the Indie Book Awards.   Edgar Allan Poe : The Black Cat (2), The Cask of Amontillado (4), The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Pit and the Pendulum

The Collier's Family by Baron Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte Fouque (1777-1843), who just happens to have the scariest name in my countdown, is a shining example of a good ghost story. This horror gem was first published in English in "Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations," which was published in 1823. This three volume collection of tales by mostly German authors also contained "Wake Not the Dead." This is the third vampire short story we have on record a