Showing results for "Frankenstein" in Short Stories

Frankenstein, Dracula, il dottor Jekyll e Mr Hyde, l'uomo lupo, il fantasma dell'Opera, ma anche il William Wilson di Poe e H.P. Lovecraft in persona: sono tutti protagonisti di questi brevi, folgoranti racconti dell'orrore, o per meglio dire dell'orrore supremo, quello capace di lasciarci abbacinati, sospesi e attoniti, con una cantilena in testa o un vuoto che presto diventa voragine.

A short science fiction story about the development of robots in the future and how technology will affect humanity.

Mary Shelley is of course known because of her short novel Frankenstein. Still, she was always writing and these tales and mysteries written on her extended travels show how interested she was in the strangeness of people. Perhaps she wanted to make her mark in a tribute to her famous mother...

Test Tube Frankenstein, a short horror story by Wayne Robbins appeared in the May 1940 issue of Terror Tales. It is interesting to draw connections between this pulp story and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Both stories involve a mad genius creating a creature that deceives and kills those around them. However, in this short story, the creature takes on the form and demeanor of its creator, Chester Vermis, which differentiates it from Frankenstein.