Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), best known as Sheridan Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are *Uncle Silas*, *Carmilla*, and *The House by the Churchyard*.

**Source**: Sheridan Le Fanu on Wikipedia.

• Carmilla
  Carmilla 1971
• The Dark Descent

  
  The Dark Descent 1990
• The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
  The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales 2001
• Uncle Silas

  
  Uncle Silas 1864
• In a glass darkly
  In a glass darkly 1872
• The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

  
  The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural 1981
• The house by the church-yard
  The house by the church-yard 1863
• Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
  Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! 2011
• The Nightmare Reader
  The Nightmare Reader 1973
• The Color of Evil

  
  The Color of Evil 1991
• The Evil Image

  
  The Evil Image 1981
• The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories

  
  The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories 1977
• A stable for nightmares

  
  A stable for nightmares 1896
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century
  Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century 1983