The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary formAs may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves.H.P. LovecraftContents:Algernon Blackwood. The WillowsAmbrose Bierce. The Death of Halpin FrayserArthur Machen. The Great God PanBram Stoker. The Judge's HouseEdgar Allan Poe. The RavenEdgar Allan Poe. The Black CatEdgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of UsherE.F. Benson. Mrs. AmworthH.P. Lovecraft. The Call of CthulhuWashington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy HollowHenry James. The Turn of the ScrewW.W. Jacobs. The Monkey's Paw

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