Can you recommend some from 'the scariest short stories'?

Sure. One of the scariest could be 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is driven mad by the old man's 'evil eye' and ends up murdering him. Another might be 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. It has a disturbing ending where a seemingly normal town has a very cruel lottery system. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is also quite scary as it shows the descent into madness of a woman trapped in a room.

Well, in the top 10 scariest short stories, 'Carmilla' is a notable one. It's an early vampire story that predates Dracula and has a very eerie atmosphere. It's about a young woman who may or may not be a vampire. 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' is also quite scary. It plays with the concept of time and the main character's impending death in a very suspenseful way. And 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe is another that is filled with horror, especially the narrator's self - destructive and cruel behavior towards his pet cat.

One really scary story from Coryxkenshin is about the haunted house. It has all these spooky elements like strange noises at night and things moving on their own. The atmosphere he creates makes it super terrifying.

One of the scariest could be 'The Haunted Doll'. It's about a doll that seems to move on its own at night and causes all kinds of strange happenings in the house.

One of the scariest is probably the one about the haunted house. It has all the classic elements like strange noises at night and things moving on their own. It gives you that creepy feeling right from the start.

Well, in some of those stories, the unexpected twists are really scary. For example, in one story, a character thought they were alone in an old house but then heard strange whispers that seemed to come from the walls. It gives you chills just thinking about it.

In the collection, there is a particularly terrifying story about a man who wakes up one day to find that all the people in his town have vanished. He walks around the empty streets, hearing only his own footsteps echoing. As he enters a building, he suddenly hears a blood - curdling scream from outside, but when he runs out, there's no one there. The sense of isolation and the unknown is what makes this story so scary.