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Five Most Horrifying Short Stories Ever Written
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Tags: scary, spooky, horror, short stories
Short Stories to read with all the lights on. and a gun by your bed.
| 1. | Cask of Amontillado.. (Edgar Allen Poe). You will NEVER again drink and wander into a friend's basement. |
| 2. | Hound of the Baskervilles. (Sherlock Holmes) . The shrouded mist and the far off howling in the dark.. turn your security system on. Are you SURE the neighbor's wolfhounds didn't get out? |
| 3. | Metamorphosis. (Franz Kafka). Kind of funny, except that there are all those times at Christmas dinners when you just KNOW you're that roach |
| 4. | Stand by Me (Stephen King) more of a novella, but not that long especially by King's standards. It's about the end of your innocence, complete with leeches, and, yes, a dead kid's body.. |
| 5. | Murders in the Rue Morgue..(Edgar Allen Poe) yes, gather around that cheerful Christmas fireplace, just don't stand too close to the chimney. |
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