Category: Short Stories

  • Scary Stories Treasury – The Haunted House

    Scary Stories Treasury – The Haunted House

    The Haunted House Kitty: ⭐⭐⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐⭐⭐ Hello! This time on our Scary Stories book club thing, we are looking at The Haunted House. If you’d like to start from the beginning, you can start here. This will be the tenth month in our journey. Let’s dive right into this month’s story. The Haunted House…

  • The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    The Murders in the Rue Morgue (ca. 1920-1924) by Edgar Allen Poe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read The Murders in the Rue Morgue. This book is technically called The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales. It has two other Poe stories included, but we will only be talking about The Rue Morgue today. We will…

  • A Apple-Pie and Other Nursery Tales

    A Apple-Pie and Other Nursery Tales

    A Apple-Pie and Other Nursery Tales (ca. 1870s) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read a digitized version of A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales. It was a lovely little story book, undated, probably from the 1870s. This book was originally published by George Routledge and Sons. It has 48 beautiful illustrations. (1) I recommend looking at them…

  • Scary Stories Treasury – Cold As Clay

    Scary Stories Treasury – Cold As Clay

    Cold As Clay Kitty: ⭐ ⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐⭐ It’s month 8 of our Scary Stories Book Club thing, and this time we will be exploring the folklore motif dead lover’s malevolent return. Last week we learned about forerunners when we read The Thing. If you’d like to start from the beginning of this series, please…

  • Scary Stories Treasury – What Do You Come For?

    Scary Stories Treasury – What Do You Come For?

    What Do You Come For? Kitty: ⭐⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐ The third story in The Super Cool Scary Stories Book Club Thing is What Do You Come For?. If you’d like to know the details on my copy, visit my first post on the subject, in which The Big Toe is discussed. What Do You Come…