If you were drawn to the eerie, atmospheric short stories in The October Country—from the chilling fate of the man in "The Next in Line" to the creeping unease of "The Small Assassin"—you’ll find similar dark delights in Night Shift. King's collection revels in the uncanny and the ordinary made sinister, with stories like "Graveyard Shift" and "The Boogeyman" tapping into primal fears, all in compact, punchy doses.

If you enjoyed the psychological unease and the off-kilter perspectives of tales like "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse" or "The Dwarf" in The October Country, Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle will captivate you. The story follows Merricat Blackwood’s strange relationship with her sister and the town that shuns them, blending ambiguity, paranoia, and the quietly menacing tone you loved in Bradbury’s work.

If you were mesmerized by the lush, evocative prose and the sense of creeping dread that permeates stories like "The Scythe" or "The Wind" in The October Country, Something Wicked This Way Comes delivers a haunting, lyrical exploration of fear and wonder as two boys confront the darkness behind a traveling carnival. Bradbury’s poetic style and mastery of mood are on full display.

If you appreciated the symbolic layers and allegorical meanings woven into Bradbury’s tales—like the social commentary in "The Crowd" or the allegorical woe of "Skeleton"—The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson offers similarly rich, unsettling short fiction. The titular story, in particular, uses everyday settings to explore deep, disturbing truths about conformity and human nature.

If you were fascinated by how Bradbury makes the ordinary feel ominous—such as the familiar becoming strange in "The Jar" or "The Emissary"—Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson similarly mixes the mundane with the macabre. These short stories evoke that same tingling sense that something is not quite right beneath the surface of daily life.