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