Gothic horror

*Title: An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street by J. S. Le Fanu Date Read: 28 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: To save on rent and to reside closer to their lecture venues, two cousins - both medical students - … [Read more...]

*Title: On the Leads by S. Baring-Goulds Date Read: 23 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Returning from living in Australia, the narrator rents Fernwood Manor, a desirable dwelling set in extensive grounds. Despite a warning from the … [Read more...]

*Title: The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood Date Read: 20 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: Following a rather grisly court case in which the defence managed to win a plea of insanity for murderer John Turk, the criminal KC's … [Read more...]

*Title: Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier Date Read: 19 October 2009 Available Online?: NO Briefly: Still raw from the death of their young daughter to meningitis, a married couple spend some time in Venice to help cope with their lose. … [Read more...]

*Title: The Tomb of Sarah by F. G. Loring Date Read: 18 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: Written in the form of diary entries, the narrator's father relates the tale of the time they had to move the tomb of Countess Sarah Kenyon; … [Read more...]

*Title: At the End of the Passage by Rudyard Kipling Date Read: 17 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The story concerns four men with lonely posts on the Indian railway who meet up once a week for card playing and company. Through … [Read more...]

*Title: An Eddy on the Floor by Bernard Capes Date Read: 16 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: Impressed by his inherent principles and impressive career record, prison governor Major James Shrike pays a visit to the narrator, to … [Read more...]

*Title: The Red Room by H. G. Wells Date Read: 15 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator spends a night in the Red Room, reputed to haunted by an evil spirit. Afterthoughts: Alas! I was expecting very great things from … [Read more...]

*Title: The Haunted Dolls-House by M. R. James Date Read: 14 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: For the princely sum of sixty guineas Mr. Dillet purchases one of the finest and most detailed dolls houses he's ever laid eyes upon. … [Read more...]

*Title: The Spectre-Smitten by Samuel Warren Date Read: 12 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: A doctor relates the tale of a particular patient, Mr. M, who after witnessing the sight of an apparition in his room is profoundly and … [Read more...]

31 Shots of Shock: #28 – ‘An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street’ by J. S. Le Fanu

31 Shots of Shock: #23 – ‘On the Leads’ by S. Baring-Goulds

31 Shots of Shock: #20 – ‘The Kit Bag’ by Algernon Blackwood

31 Shots of Shock: #19 – ‘Don’t Look Now’ by Daphne Du Maurier

31 Shots of Shock: #18 – ‘The Tomb of Sarah’ by F. G. Loring

31 Shots of Shock: #17 – ‘At the End of the Passage’ by Rudyard Kipling

31 Shots of Shock: #16 – ‘An Eddy on the Floor’ by Bernard Capes

31 Shots of Shock: #15 – ‘The Red Room’ by H. G. Wells

31 Shots of Shock: #14 – ‘The Haunted Dolls-House’ by M. R. James

31 Shots of Shock: #12 – ‘The Spectre-Smitten’ by Samuel Warren