Happy Holloween UPDATE

It’s the time of year for scary, chilling, or macabre stories and the 19th century was period of great interest in this genre. Some of the finest purveyors of “gothic” stories lived during the 1800s. Many of the best known horror stories and characters were born during this golden age of dark tales.

One of period’s earliest achievements was Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The next year one of the earliest vampire stories was published.

Many 19th Century authors such as Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, and Ambrose Bierce dabbled in horror stories, but the master of the genre was Edgar Allan Poe.

This season we again feature one of Poe’s most famous pieces, The Tell-Tale Heart. Early next week, look for another story about that plagues the soul of many when we present Guy de Maupassant’s Diary of a Madman.

For those looking for a much lighter tale, head over to Readastorus.com this weekend for our not-so-scary children’s Halloween story, A Tale for Halloween by Loretta Ellen Brady.

So get those pumpkins lit and the candy ready as we share some stories to complement all your holiday festivities. We hope you enjoy them (please share them) and enjoy a safe and good spirited Halloween.

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UPDATE: Share Your Favorite Holiday Stories

Our final Halloween story of the season, Diary of a Madman, has just been posted. We hope you have a safely scary holiday.

We try to theme our stories to the season. So, with the Christmas season barreling toward us, it’s time to share some classic holiday tales.

As Litletter subscribers, I’d like to ask your help in choosing this year’s stories, which will start right after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.). Please share your favorite classic holiday stories written prior to 1926. If I use your story, I’ll credit you in that episode.

Just send your suggestions using our contact form prior to November 15, 2019.

Happy Halloween and thanks for LITsening.