H. P. Lovecraft's vision of the perfect horror story was one that transcended the merely creepy and inspired a feeling of bottomless fear — a cosmic terror in which all of creation is at stake. This collection includes some of the genre's most notable achievements, including Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," Henry James's "The Jolly Corner," and Arthur Machen's "The White People." Inspired by Lovecraft's pioneering survey of the field of horror fiction, Supernatural Horror in Literature, this anthology also contains the title story, one of Lovecraft's best.

Contents:

• MS. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Squaw by Bram Stoker
• Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce
• The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
• An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce
• The Repairer of Reputations by R. W. Chambers
• The House of Sounds by M. P. Shiel
• The White People by Arthur Machen
• The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
• The Jolly Corner by Henry James
• Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare
• The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft