M.R. James' tale about an alchemist obsessed with his quest to acquire immortality. Visiting young Stephen is soon haunted by mysterious apparitions... americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #FAQs #teacherresources

M.R. James' "The Mezzotint" tells of a museum curator who acquires a dull engraving of a country house — only to realize that the picture is changing, showing a figure crawling across the moonlit lawn toward the house. americanliterature.com/short… #halloweenstories #storyoftheday

Time for Poe's The Cask of Amontillado: "He had a weak point --this Fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared." americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #teacherresources #edgarallanpoe #halloweenstories

Amelia Edwards' The Phantom Coach: "During those twenty years I have told the story to but one other person. I tell it now with a reluctance which I find it difficult to overcome." americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #teacherresources #ghoststories

Robert Louis Stevenson's macabre tale of grave robbers supplying bodies to medical schools in 19th century Edinburgh, based on the true crimes of Burke and Hare. americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #macabre #teacherresources

Nathaniel Hawthorne's spooky tale: "Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powwow, come devil himself, and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he fear you." americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #nathanielhawthorne #teacherresources

Lovecraft's dark fantasy fable, purrfest for halloween! "For the cats of Ulthar, as I have said, are peculiarly like unto no other cats." americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #lovecraft #teacherresources

Thirteen on Halloween short stories collection to get you in the spirit! americanliterature.com/hallo…

SAKI's chilling story of a sickly boy's secret worship of a ferret leads to dark and surprising consequences in this darkly comic horror story. americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #horrorstory

Oscar Wilde's first published story, "The Canterville Ghost" is the victim of pranks by two inhabitants of the house he is haunting americanliterature.com/short… #ghoststory #oscarwilde #halloweenstories

Poe’s most celebrated horror tale reveals the tragedy of Roderick Usher, who suffers from a variety of mental health disorders not invented by modern psychology at the time americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #edgarallanpoe #horrorstory

F. Marion Crawford's ghost story: Every passenger given the upper berth of stateroom 105 has gone overboard in the night. Brisbane keeps the cabin on purpose and finds out why. americanliterature.com/short… #halloweenstories #ghoststories #storyoftheday

Julius Long's "The Pale Man" Something is odd about the man in Room 212... americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #halloweenstories #scarystory

H.G. Wells' "The Magic Shop" offers a boy and his father an incredible afternoon, where allusions and reality fuse magically. americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #hgwells #magicshop

Poe's "The Black Cat" is about a man's descent into alcoholism and cruelty leads to supernatural revenge in this chilling tale of guilt and retribution. americanliterature.com/short… #edgarallanpoe #halloweenstories #blackcat #horrorstories

Maupassant's "Diary of a Madman" was adapted as the 1963 movie starring Vincent Price and Nancy Kovack, framed the same way, as a judge's diary read after his death. americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #horrorstories #diaryofamadman #halloweenstories

Beatrix Potter published "Peter Rabbit" today in 1902 "ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter." americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #peterrabbit #beatrixpotter

SAKI's "A Defensive Diamond" is a clever social comedy by Saki in which a woman uses an elaborate deception to protect her bridge partner from embarrassment americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #SAKI #funnystory #shortstorycollection

O. Henry's "Babes in the Jungle is a hilarious con-artist story in which two Western swindlers come to New York City to fleece the locals. Finding suckers proved harder than expected... americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #ohenry

Laura Richards' The Golden Windows is part morality-tale, philosophy and science lesson, rolled into one "gem" of a story! americanliterature.com/short… #storyoftheday #thegoldenwindows #teacherresources #FAQs