Classic horror & ghost stories

As the dark winter nights get longer, prepare to lose yourself in the world of the strange. With a tale for each day of Christmas and a rather unlucky 13th, Christmas is not the only spirit in these pages. 'Tis the season for sacrificial feasts, cultish communities and a train with a rather final...

Polidori's tale of 'The Vampyre' introduced the vampire into British fiction. It is presented here with 13 other tales of the macabre first published between 1819 and 1838 by authors including Edward Bulwer, Letitia Landon and William Carleton.

Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, something happened, something ... weird. In the dark halls of ivy-clad manors, in the ancient woodland escapes of New England, a generation of authors were inspired to radically reinterpret the horror and fantasy writing of the past. From the terrible...

The splash from something enormous resounds through the sea-fog. In the stillness of a dark room, some unspeakable evil is making its approach. Abandon the safety of the familiar with 10 nerve-wracking episodes of horror penned by master of atmosphere and suspense, William Hope Hodgson. From enco...