In search of

[Käthe]

I’m looking for collections of short stories that are dark and twisted. I’m aware of King and Hill, hit me with your favorite horror short stories please!!

[C.S.]

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense. Shirley Jackson and others in this collection.

[Käthe]

Oooh!!! Thank you C.S.!

[Sam]

I haven't read it yet, but I've heard nothing but amazing things about And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe! I'm hoping to finally get to it next month.

[Sara Kay (free.saratonin)]

I loooooove short story collections! They are some of my favorite things to read. I really loved After the People Lights Have Gone Off. Possibly my favorite horror collection.

Also We Live Inside Your Eyes was excellent.

I have a ton of short story collections and anthologies on my shelf but not all are horror, so I'm trying to think which ones to recommend. Ghost Summer: Stories was really fabulous, but I don't recall it being particularly scary.

Also the collections by Ellen Datlow are enjoyable, but can be a bit more on the literary side, I believe? I enjoyed The Doll Collection, but definitely some stories were scarier than others and some were just meh. I will say though that she definitely picked stories that were unique and they weren't all the typical "cursed doll" narrative you would expect.

Sam: I haven't heard of that one, I'm going to be adding it to my TBR!

[Käthe]

Thank you Sam and Sara!!! I really appreciate all the recommendations!!! Feel free to leave more if you think of them!🖤🖤🖤

[Sara Kay (free.saratonin)]

C.S. wrote: "Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense. Shirley Jackson and others in this collection."



This sounds like a really good one as well. I added it to my tbr!

[Käthe]

Ok. I'm searching for some horror recommendations that include, or the main focus is the 7 deadly sins, or at least one of the 7.