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In reply to the discussion: What's the creepiest short story you've read? [View all]Zorro
(15,691 posts)44. The House of Asterion is pretty creepy
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The one I have in mind is more scary than creepy, but it is really good.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2012
#1
Lots of great suggestions above (O'Connor, Jackson, Faulkner, Poe); here's a couple more...
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#29
That WAS a horror-filled story -- I think it was made into a short B&W British film.
MiddleFingerMom
Jun 2012
#36
"The Rats in the Walls" H P Lovecraft or many others by that strange genius n/t
dimbear
Jun 2012
#43
This wasn't read but "Blink" in the Dr Who series was very creepy. The angel..
BlueJazz
Jun 2012
#71