Free Short Stories for Halloween

Goblin Brothers Short Stories

While the Goblin Brothers stories aren't really related to Halloween, goblins are such classic Halloween characters that I had to include these stories here. If you're looking for ghoulish and scary goblins, these aren't the stories for you, but if you were a fan of the Shrek movies, you might just dig these guys!

Edgar Allen Poe's stories are classics, so not only can you get some entertainment, but you can pretend you're a literary snob who's read all the greats!

While Poe wrote lots of great stories, try The Telltale Heart to see if this author, who's been dead for more than 150 years, jives with you.

This collection is from the folks at the popular How Stuff Works site. They've put together a whole slew of ghost stories for your reading pleasure:

Ghost Stories

"From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar
character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the
original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been
known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are
called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring
country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land,
and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was
bewitched by a High German doctor, during the early days of the
settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or
wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there before the country
was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. Certain it is, the
place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that
holds a spell over the minds of the good people..."

Read all of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow