All these classic stories are in the public domain,
available in their entirety online or as free ebooks
(1-31 October 2019)
When Gregor Samsa wakes up, he has too many arms… or is it too many legs? Oh, no, there are way too many legs. He seems to be some sort of insect: what will happen if his family finds out?
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka#Free Scary #Stories@gutenberg_org https://t.co/EdoJxLQQAc pic.twitter.com/3k73FE9EsX— Dr. Alexandria Szeman Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 6, 2019
Dr. Jekyll works all night in his laboratory, and the servants hear such strange cries, but after the cruel Mr. Hyde keeps showing up, they get truly scared.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson#Free Scary #Storieshttps://t.co/TUKPQTS7uD pic.twitter.com/dQV7WzGr07— Dr. Alexandria Szeman Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 7, 2019
Dorian Gray has everything a man could desire — youth, good looks, wealth. And he never seems to get a wrinkle or a grey hair. What is his terrible secret?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde#Free Scary #Stories@gutenberg_org https://t.co/SoWgOeyK2E pic.twitter.com/qehJzzacUe— Dr. Alexandria Szeman Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 8, 2019
After the birth of their child, a couple rents an old house, and the wife becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in the bedroom: who, or what, is hiding behind it?
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman#Free Scary #Stories@gutenberg_org https://t.co/dJED3cHpLm pic.twitter.com/T3PCNf7HYv— Dr. Alexandria Szeman Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 9, 2019
Boris has a liquid that turns goldfish and flowers to marble. Why does Geneviève object to his next sculpture?
The Mask by Robert Chambers#Free Scary #Stories @wikisource_en
(Bust: Veiled Vestal by Raffaelle Monti)https://t.co/BGzWCSSITb pic.twitter.com/Qor3t2acvI— Dr. Alexandria Szeman Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 10, 2019
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Want more free scary classics?
See my entire list of scary stories, novellas, and novels.
Free Scary Classics in the Public Domain
Free in their entirety online or as free ebooks
(Note: Some of the classics on my list may no longer be free:
some sellers charge when work in the public domain become popular.)
