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| A | Andreyev | Arbogast | Atherton | B | Bangs | Bierce | Blackwood | C | Chambers | Collins | D | Dickens | Dunbar | E | Edwards | F | France | Freeman | G | Gallienne | H | Harvey | Hawthorne | J | James | M | Machen | Maupassant | O | O'Brien | P | Poe | S | Sorrentino | Steele | W | Wharton |
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  A
  Andreyev, Leonid
Lazarus
When Lazarus comes back from the grave, something's not quite right.
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 24 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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  Arbogast, Crystal
Hobnail
Scary bedtime story about a mother and daughter's night-time journey home.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Atherton, Gertrude
The Striding Place
After his life-long friend goes missing near the legendary river Strid, Weigall sets out to look for him.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  B
  Bangs, John Kendrick
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
An unsually wet ghost soaks the master of Harrowby Hall every Christmas eve.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Bierce, Ambrose
A Diagnosis of Death
A man explains to his doctor how he came to believe in ghosts.
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Beyond the Wall
A visit on an old school friend finds a man plagued both by bad health and a gentle tapping from beyond his wall.....
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Death Of Halpin Frayser
What do an horrific dream and the name 'Catharine Larue' have to do with a man found dead in the hills around the Nappa Valley?
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Haunted Valley
A man uncovers the dark secret of a mysterious valley owned by a xenophobic drunkard.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
One night, four men arrive at a notorious, reportedly haunted, house and prepare for a duel to the death.
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Moonlit Road
A man's mother is brutally murdered but, except for the finger marks around her neck, no trace of the killer can be found.
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Secret Of Macarger's Gulch
A hunter stumbles upon a run-down little house and decides to spend the night - but finds himself plagued by disquieting thoughts and dreams.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  Blackwood, Algernon
The Willows
While on a canoe trip down the Danube River, two friends encounter some mysterious, hostile entities.
- Date Added: March 2010
- Length: 51 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  C
  Chambers, Robert W.
The Messenger
On the rugged Brittany coast, thirty-eight skulls are found buried.
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 49 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Collins, Wilkie
Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 38 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  D
  Dickens, Charles
The Haunted House
A gentleman moves into a reputedly haunted country house; soon the servants are scared witless but the master is not convinced. Plays with different attitudes to paranormal activity.
- Date Added: September 2001
- Length: 28 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Trial For Murder
A banker is disturbed by visions of a murdered man and his killer. Then he is called for jury duty.
- Date Added: September 2001
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  Dunbar, Olivia Howard
The Shell of Sense
There is a presence in Theresa's room, watching her ...
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  E
  Edwards, Amelia
The Phantom Coach
A man becomes lost on a moor in heavy snow and is rescued by a strange, reclusive academic.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:1 stars
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  F
  France, Anatol
The Mass Of Shadows
A man who is familiar with the behavior of ghosts tells the story of a woman who comes across a spectral church service.
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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  Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
The Lost Ghost
Late one night a little girl appears at a woman's door: "I can't find my mother".
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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