{"id":2495,"date":"2016-09-25T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T01:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2021-09-25T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T03:13:47","slug":"autumn-short-story-literary-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Short-story Literary Countdown!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autumn is without a doubt my favorite season of the year. The trees turn, pumpkin patches open, corn mazes draw crowds, hoodies, jackets, scarves appear, and fall decorations of leaves are made by children everywhere. As the nights grow+ colder and days shorter, who couldn’t also love a good spooky story told around a campfire while cooking smores and drinking hot cider?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana Mele created a list of amazing short spooky stories from solid literary sources. These aren’t your blood and gore stories, gimmicky kiddie tales, or cheap jump scares. Many come from the golden ages of the 1800’s when proper authors would often write short, scary tales. I approve of her entire list. Best yet, each is short enough to read before falling asleep. So pour a warm drink, toss a few logs on the fireplace, and settle in under a warm blacket before bed and read a good story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The link to her countdown is here<\/a>, but I’m always afraid of such beautiful resources getting lost\/shut down. So I make a copy here.)
Do you have any spooky stories you would add? Please share!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31. The Yellow Wallpaper <\/a>by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, PDF – Free\u00a0Audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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30. The Tapestried Chamber<\/a> by Sir Walter Scott – Free\u00a0Audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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29. The Phantom Coach<\/a> by Amelia B. Edwards, PDF – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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28. Squire Toby\u2019s Will<\/a> by J.S. Le Fanu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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27. The Upper Berth<\/a> by F. Marion Crawford – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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26. The Judge\u2019s House<\/a> by Bram Stoker, PDF – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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25. Man-Size in Marble<\/a> by Edith Nesbit – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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24. The Roll-Call of the Reef<\/a> by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23. The Friends of the Friends <\/a>by Henry James<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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22. The Red Room <\/a>by H.G. Wells – Free audiobook here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21. The Monkey\u2019s Paw<\/a> by W.W. Jacobs, PDF – Free audiobook here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20. The Lost Ghost <\/a>by Mary E. Wilkins – Free audiobook here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19. \u2018Oh, Whistle, and I\u2019ll Come to You, My Lad\u2019<\/a> by M.R. James – Free Audiobook version<\/a>\u00a0(2 parts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18. The Empty House<\/a> by Algernon Blackwood, PDF – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17. Widdershins<\/a> by Oliver Onions (6 ghost stories) – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16.  Rose Rose <\/a>by Barry Pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15. The Confession of Charles Linkworth<\/a> by E.F. Benson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14.  On the Brighton Road<\/a> by Richard Middleton – Free Audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13. Bone to His Bone<\/a> by E.G. Swain, PDF version<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12. The Taipan<\/a> by W. Somerset Maugham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11. A Visitor From Down Under<\/a> by L.P. Hartley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Fullcircle<\/a> by John Buchan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. The Clock <\/a>by W.F. Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Mr. Jones <\/a>by Edith Wharton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Smee<\/a> by A.M. Burrage – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. The Little Ghost<\/a> by Hugh Walpole<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. The Hollow Man<\/a> by Thomas Burke (small print- view in fullscreen and adjust)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Et in Sempiternum Pereant<\/a> by Charles Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. An Encounter in the Mist<\/a> by A.N.L. Munby, PDF version<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. The Raven<\/a> by Edgar Allen Poe – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/a> by Washington Irving – Free audiobook version<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    List of Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n