Le Horla

Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant is a haunting short story written in the form of a diary, chronicling the mental descent of a man who believes he is being possessed by an invisible being. As his paranoia and fear grow, he struggles to distinguish reality from hallucination. The story explores themes of madness, the supernatural, and the fragility of the human mind. It stands as one of Maupassant’s masterpieces in the genre of psychological and fantastical fiction.