The Top 10 Short Stories - British Horror: The top ten short horror stories written by British authors.

Written by George Eliot, John Willaim Polidori, Bram Stoker and 7 more

Narrated by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.

Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

As each page turns, secrets are revealed that compel our attention as we await the damning waves of shudders and fears. We may well know what’s coming, what these unfriendly faces and ogres are about say in these classic and classic literary gems.

01 - The Top 10 - British Horror - An Introduction

02 - The Dead Hand by Wilkie Collins

03 - The Coach by Violet Hunt

05 - The Lifted Veil by George Eliot

05 - The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy

06 - August Heat by W F Harvey

07 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

08 - Lost Hearts by M R James

09 - The Vampyre. A Tale by John Willaim Polidori

10 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson

11 - Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Jan 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781839679797

George Eliot

George Eliot (1819–1880), born Mary Ann Evans, was an English writer best known for her poetry and novels. She grew up in a conservative environment where she received a Christian education. An avid reader, Eliot expanded her horizons on religion, science and free thinkers. Her earliest writings included an anonymous English translation of The Life of Jesus in 1846 before embracing a career as a fiction writer. Some of her most notable works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss(1860) and Silas Marner.