Seven Stories of Mystery and Horror: Elementary Level

🔖 "The Pit and the Pendulum":
A prisoner wakes up to find himself in a dark cell with a deep pit.
"The Gold Bug":
A golden insect leads to an incredible discovery.
"The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar":
A patient is hypnotised minutes before he dies. Is he really dead?
"The Fall of the House of Usher":
A man visits an old friend and finds himself in a house full of horrors!
"Down in the Maelstrom":
A sailor describes a terrifying trip though the maelstrom.
"The Masque of the Red Death":
No one can escape the red death-not even a prince!
"The Oblong Box":
A traveller boards a ship to New York. What does he carry in the oblong box?

Retold by Stephen Colbourn.