The Folio Anthology of Horror Stories

This anthology collects short horror fiction from the nineteenth century into later decades. Typical pieces involve a decaying house, a forbidden book or place, a haunting that may be psychological or literal, and a narrator who discovers something that cannot be put back. Settings include country estates, city rooms, and landscapes that turn hostile. Authors range from early Gothic and weird-tale writers to modern practitioners of the macabre. There is no shared plot. The book is a survey of independent horror stories, not a novel and not a study of the genre's history.

Three-quarter-bound in title blocked maroon cloth with a colour printed and spot-varnished front board image.