Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, about a fat man who loses so much weight that he begins to float.
The Turn of the Screw
Horror novella by Henry James, first published in 1898, about a governess who comes to believe that the house where she works is haunted.
The Uncommon Prayer-Book
Horror story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the theft of a number of prayer-books repeatedly found to be open at a particular psalm, despite being stored in a locked and disused church.
The Unlucky Theatre
Ghost story about a haunted theatre by the English writer Elliott O'Donnell, first published in 1959.
The Valley of Spiders
Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, about three men who are attacked by giant spiders while pursuing a half-caste girl through a desolate valley.
Thirty Strange Stories
Collection of 30 short stories by H. G. Wells, first published in 1897.
Through a Window
Short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894, a precursor to the sub-genre of thriller in which a crippled or bed-ridden hero, after observing the world through a window, is suddenly confronted by a killer.
Tim Bobbin
Redirected to John Collier (caricaturialist).
To a Louse
Poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, first published in 1786.
Twelve Stories and A Dream
Collection of 13 short stories by H. G. Wells, first published in 1903.