Nightfall was one of Isaac Asimov’s first ever published sci-fi short stories, written when he was still in his early 20’s.

50 Best Short Horror Stories 1. “The Infamous Bengal Ming" by Rajesh Parameswaran "Awwww, a story about a tiger who falls in love with the tiger keeper! How sweet!" is not what you will be ...

The delicate art of the short story is practiced in every literary genre, but it’s perhaps never more effective than when it’s deployed for horror. Yes, horror novels can be vast, 100,000-word ...

Another short story that has already inspired a number of adaptations, but is more relevant today than ever, is 1948’s “The Lottery” — one of the most unsettling works by Shirley Jackson ...

There’s a reason this story comes up over and over again in discussions of the scariest horror short fiction ever published, and it’s all in the way King brings this tale in for a landing ...

How ‘The Monkey’ Adapts a Short Story by a Horror Legend. Unlike “Longlegs,” Osgood Perkins is not the sole artist behind his new horror comedy ...

A collection of spooky short fiction by Edith Wharton and a historical nonfiction narrative about a woman who claimed to be haunted. ... (one of the subtlest scary stories ever written, for my money).