A collection of seventeen classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.

E.Nesbit - "Man-Size in Marble" and "The Letter in Brown Ink"
Edgar Allan Poe - "The Sphinx" and "The Angel of the Odd"
Arthur Conan Doyle - "The Case of Lady Sannox" and "Playing with Fire"
Henry Seton Merriman - "The Tale of a Scorpion"
M.R. James - "The Ash Tree"
Robert Louis Stevenson - "The Body-Snatcher" and "Markheim"
Mary Elizabeth Braddon - "The Cold Embrace"
Wilkie Collins - "The Dead Hand"
Saki - "Sredni Vashtar" and "The Music on the Hill"
Hugh Walpole - "The Snow"
Washington Irving - "The Pride of the Village"
E.F. Benson - "The Cat"