The 35th Best Classic Horror Short Story 1800-1849 is Singular Passage . . ." by Richard Barham

Richard Harris Barham, ordained minister and part-time horror story writer and macabre poet, has penned what I believe to be the 35th best horror short story for the half century in question. The lengthy title is Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity. Read it free on Google Books.

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Richard Harris Barham Author of the 35th Best Horror Short Story 1800-1849

In literary circles, Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845), is more commonly known by his pseudonym: Thomas Ingoldsby. It was under this pseudonym that he began publishing short horror stories in popular magazines of the day. Bentley's Miscellany received most of them. Since Barham was ordained as a priest, it makes sense that he published his ghost and horror stories under a pseudonym. In 1837 Barham published a collection of short tales that were compiled into The Ingoldsby Legends. Tomorrow I will post a link to a horrific tale of transmutation by Barham that was published in 1848.

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