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.Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Prevalent elements include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, dystopian and apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, psychopaths, cults, dark magic, Satanism, the macabre, gore, and torture.Contents:Edgar Allan PoeTHE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUETHE GOLD BUGTHE BLACK CATTHE PIT AND THE PENDULUMTHE TELLTALE HEARTTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHERTHE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHTHE CASK OF AMONTILLADOTHE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMARHOP-FROGTHE RAVENBram StokerDRACULAMary ShelleyFRANKENSTEINJoseph Sheridan Le FanuCARMILLARobert Louis StevensonTHE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDEH.P. LovecraftTHE ALCHEMISTAT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESSAZATHOTHTHE BEAST IN THE CAVEBEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEPTHE BOOKTHE CALL OF CTHULHUTHE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARDTHE CATS OF ULTHARTHE COLOUR OUT OF SPACEDAGONTHE DESCENDANTTHE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATHTHE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATHTHE DUNWICH HORRORTHE EVIL CLERGYMANEX OBLIVIONEFACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILYTHE FESTIVALFROM BEYONDTHE HAUNTER OF THE DARKHEHERBERT WEST-REANIMATORTHE HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICONTHE HORROR AT RED HOOKTHE HOUNDHYPNOSIBIDIN THE VAULTTHE LITTLE GLASS BOTTLEMEMORYTHE MOON-BOGTHE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANNTHE NAMELESS CITYNYARLATHOTEPOLD BUGSTHE OTHER GODSTHE OUTSIDERPICKMAN'S MODELTHE PICTURE IN THE HOUSEPOLARISTHE QUEST OF IRANONTHE RATS IN THE WALLSA REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSONTHE SECRET CAVE OR JOHN LEES ADVENTURETHE SHADOW OUT OF TIMETHE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTHTHE SHUNNED HOUSETHE SILVER KEYTHE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTERTHE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MISTTHE STREETTHE TEMPLETHE TERRIBLE OLD MANTHE TOMBTHE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMEROTHE TREEUNDER THE PYRAMIDSTHE VERY OLD FOLKWHAT THE MOON BRINGSTHE WHISPERER IN DARKNESSTHE WHITE SHIPSUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATUREAlgernon BlackwoodTHE WILLOWSFrancis Marion CrawfordTHE DOLL'S GHOSTRobert W. ChambersTHE KING IN YELLOWM. R. JamesCANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOKLOST HEARTSTHE MEZZOTINT  and others

Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Prevalent elements include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, dystopian and apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, psychopaths, cults, dark magic, Satanism, the macabre, gore, and torture.