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The one I have in mind is more scary than creepy, but it is really good. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #1
Good call! I think about that one all the time when I'm walking dark dirt petronius Jun 2012 #2
Good one. A whole planet as a haunted house. n/t sarge43 Jun 2012 #13
We Have Always Lived in the Castle HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #3
Shirley Jackson was a master - ok, mistress - kimi Jun 2012 #5
That she is HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #6
Ah, yes. Demoiselle Jun 2012 #33
I hated the lottery. She totally had me fooled. applegrove Jun 2012 #65
First time I read The Lottery I was maybe 12. alphafemale Jun 2012 #70
I like The Monkey Treatment by George RR Martin aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #4
I did not know Martin wrote that CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #14
The Mark of the Beast GoneOffShore Jun 2012 #7
A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #8
This was my answer. EastTennesseeDem Jun 2012 #24
Way back when HeiressofBickworth Jun 2012 #9
Ramsay Campbell is a genius at scary short stories. closeupready Jun 2012 #10
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson loyalsister Jun 2012 #11
Couldn't Agree More RobinA Jun 2012 #20
7th grade? loyalsister Jun 2012 #30
Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown sarge43 Jun 2012 #12
I wrote a paper on that story in college. RiffRandell Jun 2012 #15
Anything by Shirley Jackson annonymous Jun 2012 #16
Specimen 313 pipi_k Jun 2012 #17
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies" HopeHoops Jun 2012 #18
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison YankeyMCC Jun 2012 #19
That would be my candidate as well rox63 Jun 2012 #28
That was a good one, but for me, nothing beats "Sensible City" for creepiness. Aristus Jun 2012 #52
"The Breathing Method" by Stephen King mentalsolstice Jun 2012 #21
The Small Assassin creeped me out as a kid. nolabear Jun 2012 #22
Poe...any of Poe's short stories. n/t Raven Jun 2012 #23
Was wondering when someone would mention Poe! pink-o Jun 2012 #37
I'll second Edgar Allen Poe Trailrider1951 Jun 2012 #25
My favorite too! n/t Raven Jun 2012 #68
"The Nine Billion Names Of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. (nt) Paladin Jun 2012 #26
Yep. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #31
"Hinterlands" by William Gibson LeftOfSelf-Centered Jun 2012 #27
Lots of great suggestions above (O'Connor, Jackson, Faulkner, Poe); here's a couple more... Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #29
both of these suggestions are great, 2 of the scariest stories ever written pitohui Jun 2012 #48
Kafka's "In The Penal Colony" surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #32
That gets my vote as well. harmonicon Jun 2012 #79
The recently deceased Ray Bradbury had one KamaAina Jun 2012 #34
That WAS a horror-filled story -- I think it was made into a short B&W British film. MiddleFingerMom Jun 2012 #36
I seem to remember this one differently. surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #39
She was from Earth originally KamaAina Jun 2012 #59
What's "horror" about that? I don't get it. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #41
i guess you had to be there pitohui Jun 2012 #45
It sounds like "All Summer in a Day" frogmarch Jun 2012 #53
DING DING DING! KamaAina Jun 2012 #60
"All Summer in a Day". Made me cry. nolabear Jun 2012 #58
DING DING DING! KamaAina Jun 2012 #61
Kafka's Metamorphosis lunatica Jun 2012 #35
+1. Eew. N/t pink-o Jun 2012 #38
and strangely the part where he's crippled breaks your heart pitohui Jun 2012 #47
I was thinking more of it as a creepy story lunatica Jun 2012 #50
he was probably born thinking of himself that way pitohui Jun 2012 #51
As a parent I would feel that my child's physical problem were my fault lunatica Jun 2012 #56
Stephen King's "Lawnmower Man" I think it's called. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #40
EVERY story in that collection is great. Frank Cannon Jun 2012 #66
The Monkey's Paw frogmarch Jun 2012 #42
Be Careful What you Wish For. nt alphafemale Jun 2012 #69
"The Rats in the Walls" H P Lovecraft or many others by that strange genius n/t dimbear Jun 2012 #43
The House of Asterion is pretty creepy Zorro Jun 2012 #44
there's a book by peter straub full of them, houses without doors pitohui Jun 2012 #46
The stuff in the books by Alvin Schwartz. sakabatou Jun 2012 #49
The Cask of Amontillado from Poe nytemare Jun 2012 #54
'The thousand injuries of Fortunado lovemydog Jun 2012 #63
Noche Boca Arriba by Julio Cortazar Common Sense Party Jun 2012 #55
Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson pokerfan Jun 2012 #57
"The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood terrified me as a child Glorfindel Jun 2012 #62
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #64
"The Judge's House," by Bram Stoker really creeped me out. raccoon Jun 2012 #67
This wasn't read but "Blink" in the Dr Who series was very creepy. The angel.. BlueJazz Jun 2012 #71
This one Major Nikon Jun 2012 #72
The last man in the world sat alone in a room. eppur_se_muova Jun 2012 #73
The Lottery WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #74
Do you like TheTwilight Zone?- MerryBlooms Jun 2012 #75
I think it was called "The Lottery" AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #76
*** spoiler alert above **** IcyPeas Jun 2012 #78
"The Mist" by Stephen King. Johnny Rico Jun 2012 #77
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