Authors writing for the horror genre succeed in creating an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. While the featured horror is often supernatural, it may spring from a very real origin.

Several classic horror stories have become icons of the horror genre.

They inspire modern retellings throughout print, on stage, and on film. This collection gathers the best of the supernatural and frightening stories spun by expert storytellers who can weave true thrillers haunted by spirits and visited by vampires; stories where even the buildings contribute to the black humor and apocalyptic natures of the plots.

Contents:

H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu

Algernon Blackwood - The Willows

Ambrose Bierce -

The Death of Halpin Frayser,

Chickamauga,

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,

E.F. Benson -

Mrs Amworth

Naboth's Vineyard

At the Farmhouse

Negotium Perambulans

The Wishing Well

The Terror by Night

The Thing in the Hall

The Cat

The Sanctuary

Robert W. Chambers -

The Repairer of Reputations

The Mask

In the Court of the Dragon

The Yellow Sign

W. W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw

Francis Marion Crawford -

The Upper Berth

For the Blood Is the Life

The Screaming Skull

The Doll's Ghost

Man Overboard!

Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan

Bram Stoker - The Judge's House

Edgar Allan Poe -

The Raven

The Black Cat

The Fall of the House of Usher

Henry James - The Turn of the Screw