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Across Short Stories (single author) and Horror — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles.

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Night Shift

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Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James

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Body

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories — Washington. Irving

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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales Including: The Murders in the Rue Morgue and the Raven

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#12

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The Selected Works of Henry James, Vol. 23 (of 36) Glasses; Greville Fane

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The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Unsettling Tales

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#15

The Most Dangerous Game

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The Essential Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

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#18

Bram Stoker Horror Stories

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#19

The Tell-Tale Heart

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Horror

#20

Tales of Hoffmann

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Horror

#21

Of Mice and Wolfmen

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Horror

#22

The Colour Out of Space

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Horror

#23

The White People and Other Weird Stories

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Horror

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Don’t Stop A Horror Hitchhiker Traumance Novella

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If The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Short Stories (single author), Horror and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Stephen King, Frank Baker, Charles Birkin, M R James, and others.