Andrew Barger

Looking for free horror stories to read online? Over a decade ago I became frustrated at how difficult it was to find early gothic short stories on the Web. I am talking very early, 19th century or earlier. Sure, I found plenty of Edgar Allan Poe and similar popular horror writers, yet the one hit wonders were hard to find. Because the horror short story mostly began in the 19th century, I decided to break these 100 years into two 50 year periods and collect the very best in the genre for these important periods. After reading hundreds of short stories from obscure magazines and journals, I collected what I viewed as the very best horror stories, including each main Gothic subgenre (Ghost, Horror, Vampire, Werewolf, and Witch). The result are my award-winning, annotated Gothic anthologies.

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