A collection of ghost stories that employ elements of the gothic. Each story is prefaced with original artwork by Edward Gorey.

Contents:

• Introduction: The Castle of Terror by Henry Mazzeo
• The Lonesome Place by August Derleth
• In the Vault by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Man Who Collected Poe by Robert Bloch
• Where Angels Fear by Manly Wade Wellman
• Lot No. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Haunted Dolls’ House by M. R. James
• The Open Door by Mrs. Oliphant
• Thus I Refute Beelzy by John Collier
• Levitation by Joseph Payne Brennan
• The Ghostly Rental by Henry James
• The Face by E. F. Benson
• The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson
• The Grey Ones by J. B. Priestley
• The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells
• The Red Lodge by H. Russell Wakefield
• The Visiting Star by Robert Aickman
• Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes