Suggestions for truly disturbing (horror) short stories?

[DerekG]

Bear in mind, I am NOT seeking stories written in the vein of Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" or even Lovecraft (don't get me wrong, I adore both). In other words, forget the supernatural.

I am interested in short stories dealing with HUMAN evil. Think Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" or Harlan Ellison's "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs". Tales that haunt you for nights on end; stories you couldn't possibly get out of your head.

I want the shock many of us get from reading some of the more creative editions of the 50's E.C. comics, or urban legends such as "The Hook" or especially "Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn On the Lights?"

I don't scare easily. Any recommendations?

[VOX]

1. Try any anthology of stories by Roald Dahl. And not the children's stuff.

He has written some strange and harrowing short stories that you will never forget.

Trust me on this one!

[jeff30997]

2. Try this link :

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/

Some good stories there.

[RobinA]

3. The Lottery

by Shirley Jackson. Read it in 7th grade, it bothered me incessantly for about a week after. I can't bring myself to read it again. It's even quite timely in the sense that it involves normalizing what should be horrific and immoral behavior.

Human evil at its most unsettling.

[DerekG]

4. That was a doozy...

Jackson captured the essence of societal evil with more deftness than most authors.

[TrogL]

5. LBN