Horror short stories

early deaths of several esteemed by him women. Since he failed to make the beloved poetry his livelihood, and he could not stand there as a soldier and officer at the Academy Westpoint long, he devoted himself increasingly to the publication of short stories for various magazines. As the de facto editor, he managed to leave by his witty reviews and essays the requirements to skyrocket. However, the hoped-for material wealth for himself and his wife Virginia, whom he married before their 14th…

drunk. In this short horror, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the reader is brought to the mind of a psychopathic man who has a huge hunger for murder. The readers are walked through chilling and suspenseful thoughts of the narrator, then brought through unsettling places that will surely send a chill down your spine, and later brought through words of suspense. This is where Poe is creating the shocking moods and details throughout “The Cask of Amontillado.” This story shows…

“The Hungry Stone” is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore Which is a translation of the Bengali version “Khudhito Pashan” that was published in his book of short stories “Galpoguchcha”. Rabinndranath(1867-1941) and his many-sided achievements are incredible. He is a writer, a great thinker,an artist,a great musician and an orator of extraordinary power. With his god-gifted genius his leviathan bulk of writing and his universal appeal make him global. He got Nobel Prize for his book…

Some say he’s insane, others call him a genius. No matter what end of the spectrum you fall on, he is a major figure in world literature. Edgar Allan Poe shaped what the world knows as a short story (poets.org), his works were the basis for detective and horror stories and his morally questionable stories chilled generations to the bone. Popular themes used in his writing consist of love vs. hate, self vs. your alter ego (pride), beauty, and death. His childhood was no walk in the park and…

Simple claim: This short story is about a man named, Montresor, which claims had been insulted by his acquaintance, Fortunato, and he seeks for revenge. This passage is when Montresor encounters Fortunato during the carnival. Fortunato is very drunk and is dressed like carnival buffoon. Montresor uses this opportunity to fool Fortunato and starts his revenge. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of vengeance, madness, and murder. Montresor, who is the vile narrator, tells us his profound hate…

Edgar Allan Poe was an author with a very distinguished sense of style that included many works of horror and torture. Some of his most famous works are: The Raven, the Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Arguably, The Masque of the Red Death is one of his more elaborate texts which is often studied in a school setting. The short story is one of intense imagery, suspense, and a critical lesson to be learned. The imagery in the Masque of the Red Death,…

Shirley Jackson’s short stories “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” explore bad memories and relationships Shirley had from childhood until late adulthood. Shirley grew up with her mother and father in the city of Burlingame, California. Shirley’s parents maintained an upper middle class status. Her mother put a lot of pressure on Shirley to fit in but Shirley would rather just read a book then hangout with other friends. Shirley enjoyed living in California and was very upset when her…

end of his life. This tells the story of his outlines a rich, arrogant Prince Prospero, who thinks he can win the battle against death by locking himself away in his castle. When the prince holds a magnificent masquerade for his wealthy friends inside his castle, an uninvited visitor appears dressed as the Red Death. This visitor represents death, and tuberculosis in Poe’s life. The masked visitor ultimately kills the prince and all of his…

stances. He believed in life beyond death and often rose above the logic of common man. A humanist who identified with oppressed people, and clearly expressed his anguish in his book The Crime of the Congo, a long pamphlet in which he denounced the horrors of that colony ad many such creations. His humanist nature was also seen in his book as an historian and his creations of the Boer war. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a product of a pragmatic, fiercely protective mother and a detached dreamer of…

Several murders are committed every single day here in California, and every one of them has a motive behind it. What’s the motive, you may ask? Perhaps… revenge. The Cask of Amontillado was written by Edgar Allan Poe and is a short story horror. The Cask of Amontillado is the story of a man named Montresor who seeks revenge on a man named Fortunato who has insulted him in some way; it is not stated. Montresor meets Fortunato somewhere in Italy during the carnival season. When he finds Fortunato…