Be afraid, be very afraid: really scary things can come in small packages, and these 100 frightening little tales offer big chills and thrills. They represent more than 150 year's worth of writing, and include the greats: H.P. Lovecraft ("The Terrible Old Man"), Ambrose Bierce ("The Stranger"), Lafcadio Hearn ("A Dead Secret"), Oscar Wilde ("The Sphinx Without a Secret"), and J. Sheridan Le Fanu ("The Ghost and the Bone-Setter"). Best of all, a variety of human emotions and behavior come to the fore, from avarice (August Derleth's "Pacific 421") to revenge (Thorp McCluskey's "Black Gold"), from jealousy (Steve Rasnic Tem's "Daddy") to honor (Edith Nesbit's "John Charrington's Wedding") to love (Darrell Schwietzer's "Clocks"). Using a minimum of elements, each ghost story in this collection will entertain, captivate, and evoke a powerful response in readers.
So be warned: you might not want to read these while you're all alone in the house...


CONTENTS
Across the moors / William Fryer Harvey --
Attorney for the damned / Renier Wyers --
Away / Barry Malzberg --
Behind the screen / Dale Clark --
Black gold / Thorp McClusky --
Bone to his bone / E.G. Swain --
Burned house / Vincent O'Sullivan --
Clocks / Darrel Schweitzer --
Closed door / Harold Ward --
Coat / A.E.D. Smith --
Cold embrace / Mary E. Braddon --
Coming home / Nina Kiriki Hoffman --
Concert to death / Paul Ernst --
Considerate hosts / Thorp McClusky --
Daddy / Steve Rasnic Tem --
Dark mummery / Thorp McClusky --
Date in the city room / Talbot Johns --
Dead secret / Lafcadio Hearn --
Door / Henry S. Whitehead --
Drowned argosies / J. Wilmer Benjamin --
Dust / Edna Goit Brintnall --
Edge of the cliff / Dorothy Quick --
Faces / Arthur J. Burks --
Fancy that / J.N. Williamson --
Father Macclesfield's tale / R.H. Benson --
Furnished room / O. Henry --
Garret of Madame Lemoyne / Kirk W. Mashburn, Jr. --
Ghost and the bone-setter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
Ghost-child / Bernard Capes --
Ghost farm / Susan Andrews Rice --
Ghost story / Alan Brennert --
Ghosts at Haddon-le-Green / Alfred I. Tooke --
Ghosts of the air / J.M. Hiatt and Moye W. Stephens --
Gibbler's ghost / William F. Nolan --
Grammatical ghost / Elia W. Peattie --
Grey room / Stefan Grabinski --
Guarded / Mearle Prout --
Harmless ghosts / Jessica Amanda Salmonson --
Haunted burglar / W.C. Morrow --
He walked by day / Julius Long --
Her new parents / Steve Rasnic Tem --
Highwaymen / W. Benson Dooling --
Honor of Don Pedro / Wallace J. Knapp --
House of shadows / Mary Elizabeth Counselman --
How he left the hotel / Louisa Baldwin --
Jerry Bundler / W.W. Jacobs --
John Charrington's wedding / Edith Nesbit --
Kharu knows all / Renier Wyers --
Last of Squire Ennismore / Mrs. J.H. Riddell --
Light was green / John Rawson Speer --
McGill's appointment / Elsie Ellis --
Man on B-17 / Stephen Grendon --
Mandolin / Will Charles Oursler --
Metronome / August W. Derleth --
Miss Prue / Fred Chappell --
Monsieur De Guise / Perley Poore Sheehan --
Mordecai's pipe / A.V. Milyer --
Murderer's violin / Erckmann-Chatrian --
Night caller / G.L. Raisor --
Night wire / H.F. Arnold --
O come little children / Chet Williamson --
On the Brighton Road / Richard Middleton --
Our late visitor / Marvin Kaye --
Out of copyright / Ramsey Campbell --
Pacific 421 / August W. Derleth --
Pedicab / Donald R. Burleson --
Phantom express / H. Thompson Rich --
Piper from Bhutan / David Bernard --
Rats / M.R. James --
Readjustment / Mary Austin --
Rebels' rest / Seabury Quinnn --
Relationships / Robert Sampson --
Rendezvous / Richard H. Hart --
Return / R. Murray Gilchrist --
Return / G.G. Pendarves --
Rose Rose / Barry Pain --
Safety Zone / Barry Malzberg--
Shadows cast behind / Otto E.A. Schmidt --
Shadows in the grass / Steve Rasnic Tem --
Sixth tree / Edith Lichty Stewart --
Soul of Laploshka / Saki --
Sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde --
Splendid lie / S.B.H. Hurst --
Sprig of rosemary / H. Warner Munn --
Stone coffin / "B" --
Strange Goldfield / Guy Boothby --
Stranger / Ambrose Bierce --
Summerland / Avram Davidson --
Terrible old man / H.P. Lovecraft --
Terror by night / E.F. Benson --
Theater upstairs / Manly Wade Wellman --
Thirteen phantasms / Clark Ashton Smith --
Three gentlemen in black / August W. Derleth --
Tree-man ghost / Percy B. Prior --
True history of Anthony Ffryar / Arthur Gray --
Two / Al Sarrantonio --
Under the eaves / Helen M. Reid --
Visitor from far away / Loretta Burrough --
Waiter number 34 / Paul Ernst --
Woman in gray / Walker G. Everett --
Word of Bentley / E. Hoffmann Price.