What are your classic horror short stories?

King has a bunch of awesome shorts. I have to get a list later

I always turn to Lovecraft. 'Shadow Over Innsmouth' is great.

I read a bit of one of King's collections of short stories, and they were pretty good. Very similar to a lot of Lovecraft's stuff.

And I second the Lovecraft suggestion. You can't get more classic horror than Lovecraft and King, at least classic American horror anyway.

You also might want to try Poe.

@Furby: I'm already reading Poe right now, translated by Baudelaire into french.

Altho, I'm not appreciating Poe's style as much as I thought I would.

I own the collectors edition of the necronomicon

I bought "The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" a while ago and I read it every once in a while. I have to say it's simply great and exactly the chambre you are looking for.

Which stories have you read already? Imo his style aint that bad

I never said his style is bad, I would never dare to assume such things, I've read "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

That's perfectly fine, I also dont like some well written pieces of literature even tough other people consider them as masterpieces. It's all about personal preferences.

Here a few Poe short story recommendations from my side:

- The Tell-Tale Heart (as mainstream as it may sound, but read it)
- Metzengerstein
- The Duc de l'Omellete
- The Gold Bug
- The Power of Words
- The Sphinx
- Diddling considered as one of the exact Sciences