Here are twenty-one tales, most of them written especially for this book. The stories were chosen with one thought in mind -- to make the reader uneasy -- not terrified, not stricken with horror -- just uneasy. In three stories, houses prove deadly enemies; in two, mirrors behave most peculiarly. In a few, the supernatural creeps in -- but no chain-clanking ghosts. There is black humor, savage irony, matter-of-fact horror lurking in familiar objects. There's even a bit of useful advice: never read tomorrow's newspaper -- you may find a notice of your own death. To which we add: Caution -- more than two or three of these tales at one sitting can be hazardous to your nerves.

Edited by John Burke.

Contents:

• The Sound and the Silence by D'Arcy Niland
• The Other Woman by R.A. Hall
• Such a Good Idea by Andrea Newman
• The Skylight by Penelope Mortimer
• Rendezvous by John Christopher
• Red Rubber Gloves by Christine Brooke-Rose
• Superstitious Ignorance by Michael Cornish
• Sheela-Na-Gig by B.S. Johnson
• Gone is Gone by Joan Fleming
• A Pleasure Shared by Brian Aldiss
• Black Goddess by Jack Griffith
• Reflection of the Truth by John Kippax
• Short Circuit by Charles Eric Maine
• The Appointment by John Marsh
• Watch Your Step by Cressida Lindsay
• Janus by Paul Tabori
• The Voice by Marten Cumberland
• A Mistake of Creation by Kate Barlay
• Out of the Country by Jeffry Scott
• End of the Road by Alex Hamilton
• The Practical Joke by Dell Shannon