This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Horror.

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This book contains:

M. R. James:

- A School Story

- Count Magnus

- Lost Hearts

- 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You My Lad"

- The Rose Garden

- An Episode of Cathedral History

- Mr. Humphreys and his InheritanceRichard Middleton:

- The Ghost Ship.

- A Drama of Youth.

- The New Boy.

- On the Brighton Road.

- A Tragedy in Little.

- Sheperd's Boy.

- The Passing of Edward.Robert W. Chambers:

- The Messenger

- The Repairer of Reputations

- The Purple Emperor

- Passeur

- The Key to Grief

- A Matter of Interest

- Pompe FunèbreMary Shelley:

- The Invisible Girl

- The Brother and Sister

- The Dream

- Transformation

- The Mortal Immortal

- The Mourner

- The Swiss PeasantWashington Irving:

- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

- Rip Van Winkle

- The Devil and Tom Walker

- Christmas

- Guest from Gibbet Island

- The Legend of the Engulphed Convent

- The Adventure of my Uncle