50+ Masterpieces of Occult & Supernatural Fiction

Occult and Supernatural fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world.In its broadest definition, supernatural fiction overlaps with examples of weird fiction, horror fiction, vampire literature, ghost story, and fantasy. Elements of supernatural fiction can be found in writing from the genre of science fiction. Amongst academics, readers and collectors, however, supernatural fiction is often classed as a discrete genre defined by the elimination of "horror", "fantasy", and elements important to other genres.The one genre supernatural fiction appears to embrace in its entirety is the traditional ghost story.Contents:E. F. BensonCATERPILLARSTHE SANCTUARYTHE THING IN THE HALLTHE TERROR BY NIGHTAmbrose BierceAN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGETHE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOTAlgernon BlackwoodTHE WILLOWSUlric DaubenyTHE SUMACHCharles DickensTHE SIGNAL-MANArthur Conan DoyleTHE CASE OF LADY SANNOXLord DunsanyDISTRESSING TALE OF THANGOBRIND THE JEWELLERWilliam Fryer HarveyACROSS THE MOORSNathaniel HawthorneTHE AMBITIOUS GUESTW.W. JacobsTHE MONKEY'S PAWHenry JamesTHE TURN OF THE SCREWFranz KafkaIN THE PENAL COLONYDavid H. KellerTHE THING IN THE CELLARHenry KuttnerTHE GRAVEYARD RATSJoseph Sheridan Le FanuCARMILLAH.P. LovecraftAT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESSTHE CALL OF CTHULHUPOLARISTHE QUEST OF IRANONTHE RATS IN THE WALLSA REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSONTHE SECRET CAVE OR JOHN LEES ADVENTURETHE SHADOW OUT OF TIMETHE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTHTHE SHUNNED HOUSETHE SILVER KEYTHE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTERTHE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MISTTHE STREETTHE TEMPLETHE TERRIBLE OLD MANTHE TOMBTHE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMEROTHE TREEUNDER THE PYRAMIDSTHE VERY OLD FOLKWHAT THE MOON BRINGSArthur MachenTHE GREAT GOD PANM. R. JamesTHE MEZZOTINTTHE STALLS OF BARCHESTER CATHEDRALTHE ASH-TREENUMBER 13COUNT MAGNUSA WARNING TO THE CURIOUSVincent O'SullivanWHEN I WAS DEADEdgar Allan PoeTHE PIT AND THE PENDULUMTHE TELL—TALE HEARTMargaret RonanFINGER! FINGER!SakiGABRIEL-ERNESTTHE OPEN WINDOW