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7 best short stories - Halloween - cover

7 best short stories - Halloween

Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Lafcadio Hearn, Leonid Andreyev, M.R. James, W. Jacobs, August Nemo

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Summary

Halloween is one of our favorite holiday dates! A chance to unleash our tensions with games and costumes and be a child once again. Halloween is time for 'trick or treat' and scary readings. In addition to tricks and treats, Halloween is a good dose of horror stories!
Check out the selection of seven tales of horror by the critic August Nemo:

- The Monkey's Paw By W. W. Jacobs
- 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' By M. R. James
- Yuki-Onna By Lafcadio Hearn
- The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Black Cat By Edgar Allan Poe
- Lazarus By Leonid Andreyev
- The Death of Halpin Frayser By Ambrose Bierce
For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Available since: 05/12/2020.

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