Supernatural - An Anthology of Fear

Fear affects us all in some way, shape or form. Whilst we would rather shy away from it in real life, when it comes to stories, we tend to move towards it. It’s a strange attraction given that for most of us undoubtedly the word ‘Supernatural’ is one riven with dark intent and malicious promise. In this volume of short stories our malevolent authors, including the talents of H P Lovecraft, Edgar Alan Poe, Charles Dickens, M R James, Victor Hugo, E T A Hoffman and many, many others, seem to take great delight in assaulting our senses with heart stopping narratives designed to put the fear of God, the Devil and just about every other form of disturbed terror into our eager hearts and minds. 1 - The Supernatural - An Anthology of Fear - An Introduction 2 - The Horla by Guy de Maupassant 3 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 4 - The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens 5 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain 6 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu 7 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 8 - The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 9 - The Moon Bog by H P Lovecraft 10 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit 11 - The Furnished Room by O Henry 12 - The Open Window by Saki 13 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster 14 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford 15 - The Bus Conductor by E F Benson 16 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 17 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien 18 - N by Arthur Machen 19 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny 20 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt 21 - John Silence, Physican Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood 22 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 23 - My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan 24 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey 25 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 26 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman 27 - Lost Hearts by M R James 28 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson