The Red Room

A short gothic ghost story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1896. A skeptical young man spends a night alone in a supposedly haunted castle room, confronting eerie elderly custodians, dark corridors, and his own fear of the unknown.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic horror and the Gothic›Ghost stories and hauntings›Short ghost stories by one author

Reader

Teens›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic horror and the Gothic