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HorrorCircus & Carnival

Horror Stories

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  • 1995 first published
  • 256 pages
  • 9 editions
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Susan Price, Algernon Blackwood and Stephen King's Horror Stories (1995) is a horror and circus fiction novel. It is set in Carnival. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Key subjects include crime and revenge.

42 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 256 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Horror Stories

The kit-bag / Algernon Blackwood -- Here there be tygers / Stephen King -- The room in the tower / E.F. Benson -- Beyond lies the wub / Philip K. Dick -- Feeding the dog / Susan Price -- Teddies rule, ok? / Nicholas Fisk -- Grendel the monster / Eleanor Farjeon -- A grave misunderstanding / Leon Garfield -- Captain Murderer / Charles Dickens (from the Uncommercial traveler) -- Something / Joan Aiken -- The hand / Guy de Maupassant -- The boy next door / Ellen emerson White -- The murder hole / Scottish Folktale -- The famous five go pillaging / Terry Jones and Michael Pillaging. The affair at 7 Rue De M--/ John Steinbeck -- A change of aunts / Vivien Alcock -- [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- The pear-drum / English folktale -- The Dog got them / Philippa Pearce -- Gabriel-Ernest / Saki (H.H. Munro) -- Nule / Jan Mark -- The dancing partner / Jerome K. Jerome -- The ring / Margaret Bingley -- The troll / T.H. White.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Juvenile audience
  • Horror stories
  • Children's stories
  • Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Revenge

Quick answers

Who wrote Horror Stories?

Horror Stories was written by Susan Price, Algernon Blackwood and Stephen King and first published in 1995.

What genre is Horror Stories?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Horror Stories?

The median edition has 256 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Horror Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror, Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Tell-Tale Heart) and The Bedford Introduction to Literature--Reading, Thinking, Writing--Sixth Edition.

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