This article is a great starting point for getting acquainted with horror short stories. After reading about these 12 stories I feel motivated to pick up some of the old and new authors in this collection. I definitely want to reread Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and perhaps after that try Laird Barron’s “Old Virginia,” which is about CIA human experiments that have decidedly nonhuman dimensions.
Another nice feature- you can access a couple of stories from the article.
(This wonderfully spooky cover is from American Fantastic Tales and includes Harlan Ellison‘s ” I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.” )
Shira S.
