Writers of Classic Ghost Stories, Horror, and Weird Fiction
— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —
N O T E :
We define the "Classic Era" of supernatural horror in literature as either:
Speculative fiction written between 1795 (The Monk) and 1935 (The Haunter in the Dark), or:
Speculative fiction by authors born during either the Industrial or Victorian Eras (1760 - 1901).
E. F. BENSON
AMBROSE BIERCE
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
(See Also: The Hound of the Baskervilles)
LORD DUNSANY
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
M. R. JAMES
RUDYARD KIPLING
H. P. LOVECRAFT
OLIVER ONIONS
EDITH WHARTON
FORTY-FIVE AUTHORS of CLASSIC HORROR
— NOT INCLUDED IN OUR CATALOGUE —
You can learn more about these, and other
— writers of classic horror writers at our —
S. Baring-Gould
A. C. Benson
R. H. Benson
Mary E. Braddon
Rhoda Broughton
Marjorie Bowen
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A. M. Burrage
Bernard Capes
Willa Cather
Irvin S. Cobb
Wilkie Collins
Dinah Craik
Ralph Adams Cram
Walter de la Mare
R. H. Malden
M. G. "Monk" Lewis
Gustav Meyrink
Mary Louisa Molesworth Elliott O'Donnell
Margaret Oliphant
Barry Pain
Charlotte Riddell
Saki (H. H. Munro)
Sir Walter Scott
Clark Ashton Smith
M. P. Shiel
E. G. Swain
H. R. Wakefield
Ellen Wood
Amelia B. Edwards
Erckmann & Chatrian
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Elizabeth Gaskell
Stefan Grabinksi
H. Rider Haggard
Thomas Hardy
L. P. Hartley
W. F. Harvey
Lafcadio Hearn
Violet Hunt
Jerome K. Jerome
Sarah Orne Jewett
Perceval Landon
Vernon Lee