Gothic
Lamb to the Slaughter
Posted on October 19, 2007. Filed under: Gothic, Murder, Roald Dahl, Short Stories, Thriller |
by ROALD DAHL
The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket.
Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come him from work.
Now and again [...]
The Wedding-Knell
Posted on May 1, 2007. Filed under: Gothic, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Short Stories |
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Word Count: 3208
There is a certain church in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest, on account of a marriage there solemnized, under very singular circumstances, in my grandmother’s girlhood. That venerable lady chanced to be a spectator of the scene, and ever after made it [...]
A Bite of Seduction
Posted on February 14, 2007. Filed under: Anonymous, Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, Short Stories |
Author Unknown
Kioku knew from the start that it was a mistake to let her dog run loose in the park, because she knew it was only a matter of time before he’d get himself lost in the thick northern forest. And sure enough, he did, and she lost a battle with her conscience to go [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The Vendetta
Posted on January 17, 2007. Filed under: Gothic, Guy de Maupassant, Short Stories |
by GUY de MAUPASSANT
PAOLO SAVERINI’S WIDOW LIVED ALONE WITH HER SON IN A poor little house on the ramparts of Bonifacio. The town, built on a spur of the mountains, in places actually overhanging the sea, looks across a channel bristling with reefs, to the lower shores of Sardinia. At its foot, on the other [...]
