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October Reads: A Woman's Work

Eerie, creepy, scary, disturbing; women writers have evoked these moods and more for centuries in a broad range of horror or horror adjacent short stories and novellas like the 31 listed below (plus one for that other, later holiday).
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The Last of Squire Ennismore (Mrs. J. H. Riddell)
The Last of Squire Ennismore
1
Mrs. J. H. Riddell
In the Dark (E. Nesbit)
In the Dark
2
E. Nesbit
The Lady's Maid's Bell (Edith Wharton)
The Lady's Maid's Bell
3
Edith Wharton
Dionea (Vernon Lee)
Dionea
4
Vernon Lee
The Black Stone Statue (Mary Elizabeth Counselman)
The Black Stone Statue
5
Mary Elizabeth Counselman
The House by the Poppy Field (Marjorie Bowen)
The House by the Poppy Field
6
Marjorie Bowen
The Canal (Everil Worrell)
The Canal
7
Everil Worrell
Treading the Maze (Lisa Tuttle)
Treading the Maze
8
Lisa Tuttle
Mysterious Kor (Elizabeth Bowen)
Mysterious Kor
9
Elizabeth Bowen
The Hungry Hotel (Lisa Tuttle)
The Hungry Hotel
10
Lisa Tuttle
The Lake (Tananarive Due)
The Lake
11
Tananarive Due
Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea (Caitlin R. Kiernan)
Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea
12
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Great Pan Is Here (Greye La Spina)
Great Pan Is Here
13
Greye La Spina
"The July Ghost" (A.S. Byatt)
"The July Ghost"
14
A.S. Byatt
A Wicked Voice (Vernon Lee)
A Wicked Voice
15
Vernon Lee
Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched (May Sinclair)
Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched
16
May Sinclair
The Remorse of Professor Panebianco (Greye La Spina)
The Remorse of Professor Panebianco
17
Greye La Spina
The Grey Killer (Everil Worrell)
The Grey Killer
18
Everil Worrell
Elegy for a Demon Lover (Sarah Monette)
Elegy for a Demon Lover
19
Sarah Monette
Shambleu (C. L. Moore)
Shambleu
20
C. L. Moore
Luella Miller (Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, 1903)
Luella Miller
21
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, 1903
All My Darling Daughters (Connie Willis)
All My Darling Daughters
22
Connie Willis
The Inheritance of Barnabus Wilcox (Sarah Monette)
The Inheritance of Barnabus Wilcox
23
Sarah Monette
The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire (Poppy Z. Brite)
The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire
24
Poppy Z. Brite
"Nut-Bush Farm" (J.H. Riddell)
"Nut-Bush Farm"
25
J.H. Riddell
Where the Stones Grow (Lisa Tuttle)
Where the Stones Grow
26
Lisa Tuttle
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
27
Daphne Du Maurier
The Werewolf (Clemence Housman)
The Werewolf
28
Clemence Housman
Jack (Connie Willis)
Jack
29
Connie Willis
The Last Seance (Agatha Christie)
The Last Seance
30
Agatha Christie
A Redress for Andromeda (Caitlin R. Kiernan)
A Redress for Andromeda
31
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Waxworks (Ethel Lina White)
Waxworks
32
Ethel Lina White
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