Eeeeek! Halloween Horrors, 2007 edition
This year, I'm providing links to some of my favorite stories about Things that Go Bump in the Night from the nineteenth- and early-twentieth centuries:
- E. F. Benson, "The Room in the Tower": vampires, nightmares, and magic portraits.
- Algernon Blackwood, "The Empty House" [PDF]: a man and his aunt go exploring.
- Henry James, The Turn of the Screw: is the governess insane, or are there ghosts hanging about?
- M. R. James, "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'": or, why you should bring a Latin grammar on all your vacations (hint: conjugate).
- J. S. Le Fanu, "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street": it's not such a good idea to rent houses previously inhabited by hanging judges.
- ---, "Green Tea": and you thought tea was safer than coffee.
- Mrs. J. H. [Charlotte] Riddell, "The Open Door" [PDF]: the narrator is entertainingly jejeune.
- Sir Walter Scott, "Wandering Willie's Tale": famous inset narrative from Redgauntlet.
- R. L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: let those atavistic good times roll.
- Oscar Wilde, "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime": Wilde takes on fortune-tellers.