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.

Edited by D. Thin

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