A Complete Horror Book - Including Haunting Horror Diabolism Witchcraft and Evil Lore (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong>Everything that terrifies from a ghostly touch to a Devil's pact is gathered within these pages.</strong></p><p>This monumental collection is an absolute feast of classic supernatural literature drawing together the finest tales of dread ghostly terror and infernal bargains from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Featuring a breathtaking array of masters and forgotten voices this volume is a definitive guide to the darkest impulses of classic horror fiction.</p><p><strong>STORIES OF HAUNTINGS AND HORROR:</strong></p><p>This section contains some of the most famous and chilling ghost stories ever written:</p><ul><li><p><strong>J. Sheridan Le Fanu:</strong> The master of Irish Gothic provides two classics: <em><strong>Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand</strong></em> and <em><strong>An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street</strong></em> detailing chilling localised and profoundly unsettling hauntings.</p></li><li><p><strong>E. Nesbit:</strong> Known for her children's stories Nesbit proves her dark skill with the perfect unsettling climax of <em><strong>Man-Size in Marble</strong></em> and the heartbreaking terror of <em><strong>John Charrington's Wedding</strong>.</em></p></li><li><p><strong>Charles Dickens:</strong> The Victorian titan delivers two masterpieces of terror: the deeply atmospheric <em><strong>The Signal Man</strong></em> and the darkly humorous <em><strong>To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt</strong>.</em></p></li><li><p><strong>Miss Braddon:</strong> A sensational Victorian novelist contributes two powerful tales: <em><strong>The Cold Embrace</strong></em> and <em><strong>Eveline's Visitant</strong></em> showcasing her flair for melodrama and spectral vengeance.</p></li><li><p><strong>Amelia B. Edwards:</strong> A Victorian intellectual whose <em><strong>The Phantom Coach</strong></em> and <em><strong>The Engineer</strong></em> explore the unique terror of transportation and machinery combined with the supernatural.</p></li><li><p><strong>Bram Stoker:</strong> The author of <em>Dracula</em> delivers <em><strong>The Judge's House</strong></em> a chilling study of a cursed building and a sinister judicial presence.</p></li><li><p><strong>Roger Pater Vincent O'Sullivan Charles Collins</strong> and <strong>E. and H. Heron:</strong> Contributions from masters of the weird and occult detective fiction ensuring a broad range of spectral encounters from psychological dread to methodical investigations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Wilkie Collins Vernon Lee Rosa Mulholland Perceval Landon</strong> and <strong>Amyas Northcote:</strong> These diverse writers complete the section with tales of terrifying dreams foreign curses and inescapable psychological and ancestral doom.</p></li></ul><p><strong>DIABOLISM WITCHCRAFT AND EVIL LORE:</strong></p><p>This section plunges into the dark heart of occult sin and supernatural transgression:</p><ul><li><p><strong>J. Sheridan Le Fanu:</strong> His novella <em><strong>Carmilla</strong></em> is a foundational masterpiece of vampire fiction predating <em>Dracula</em> with its unsettling sensual and psychologically complex horror. His <em><strong>Sir Dominick's Bargain</strong></em> is a classic of the fatal pact.</p></li><li><p><strong>Richard Barham:</strong> Two darkly comic yet genuinely unsettling tales <em><strong>Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris</strong></em> and <em><strong>Jerry Jarvis's Wig</strong></em> use folklore and the absurd to explore encounters with the demonic and the magical.</p></li><li><p><strong>Frederick Marryat: </strong><em><strong>The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains</strong></em> is a vivid Gothic tale of lycanthropy rooted in European folklore.</p></li><li><p><strong>Vincent O'Sullivan</strong> and <strong>Roger Pater:</strong> Contributions focusing on the devastating consequences of deals made with dark forces.</p></li><li><p><st