31 Classic Horror Stories Every Fan Should Read in October: A Literary Advent Calender for Halloween
Why should Christmas have all the fun? Oldstyle Tales proudly presents a literary advent calendar for your favorite season. Each day has a writer along with the best known work and a link to a lesser known, deeply Halloweenish story that we recommend. And hey, if you're ambitious try reading the masterpiece AND the lesser known story. But be warned: reading 62 horror stories by masters like these can have adverse side effects on your mental health -- so beware!
October 1 – H. G. WELLS.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Magic Shop.”
(Click the underlined links to read the stories!)
October 2 – E. F. BENSON.
Known for “The Bus Conductor.”
This year read “The Other Bed.”
October 3 – ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Messenger.”
October 4 – ALGERNON BLACKWOOD.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Kit-Bag”
October 5 – BERNARD CAPES.
Known for "An Eddy on the Floor."
This year read "The Thing in the Forest."
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October 6 – WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “The Voice in the Night.”
This year read “The Whistling Room.”
October 7 – RALPH ADAMS CRAM.
This year read “No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince.”
October 8 – W. W. JACOBS.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Toll-House.”
October 9 – H. P. LOVECRAFT.
Known for “The Call of Cthulhu.”
This year read “The Curse of Yig.”
October 10 – M. R. JAMES.
Known for “Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come…”
This year read “Wailing Well.”
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October 11 – FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Lost Room.”
October 12 – OLIVER ONIONS.
Known for “The Beckoning Fair One.”
This year read “The Cigarette Case.”
October 13 – EDGAR ALLAN POE.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “Fall of the House of Usher.”
This year read “Berenice.”
October 14 – BRAM STOKER.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Squaw.”
October 15 – F. MARION CRAWFORD.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “For the Blood is the Life.”
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October 16 – RUDYARD KIPLING.
Known for “The Phantom Rickshaw.”
This year read “At the End of the Passage.”
October 17 – GUY DE MAUPASSANT.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “The Spectre.”
October 18 – J. SHERIDAN LE FANU.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Read “Strange Disturbances in Aungier St.”
October 19 – WASHINGTON IRVING.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Read “Guests from Gibbet Island.”
October 20 – ARTHUR MACHEN.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “The Great God Pan.”
This year read “The White Powder.”
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October 21 – HENRY JAMES.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “The Turn of the Scew.”
This year read “The Ghostly Rental.”
October 22 – E. NESBIT.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of her best horror fiction here!)
Known for “Man-Size in Marble.”
This year read “The Power of Darkness.”
October 23 – EDITH WHARTON.
This year read “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell.”
October 24 – ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.”
This year read “Thrawn Janet.”
October 24 – MARY SHELLEY.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated edition of Frankenstein here!)
This year read “Transformation.”
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October 26 – RHODA BROUGHTON.
Known for “The Man with the Nose.”
This year read “...Nothing But the Truth.”
October 27 – ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “John Barrington Cowles.”
October 28 – CHARLES DICKENS.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
This year read “To Be Read at Dusk.”
October 29 – AMELIA B. EDWARDS.
Known for “The Phantom Coach.”
This year read “Was It an Illusion”?
October 30 – MRS. OLIPHANT.
This year read “The Library Window.”
OCTOBER 31 – AMBROSE BIERCE.
(You can find our annotated, illustrated collection of his best horror fiction here!)
Known for “The Death of Halpin Frayser.”
This year read “The Spook House.”
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SAFE READING TO YOU!
AND A VERY HAPPY HALLOWE'EN...