Assembled by an authority on vintage thrillers, these seventeen Victorian-era stories of the macabre include works from around the world by popular and lesser-known authors. Ambrose Bierce, Robert Barr, R Murray Gilchrist, Mrs J H Riddell, Richard Marsh, and Guy Boothby are among the more celebrated contributors to this collection -- and the excellence of their tales is rivaled by rediscovered works by several long-neglected Gothic masters.