Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories (1997) is a collection of thirteen classic stories by Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others.

Bram Stoker's Best Ghost and Horror Stories (1997) is a collection of fourteen spine-tingling stories by the author of Dracula.

Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926 (1997) collects twenty-two stories by well-known and long-forgotten writers including Zora Neale Hurston and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott (1995) demonstrates that the author of Little Women had a darker and more humorous side.

"The Premature Burial" (1844), another one of Poe's tales of horror, is a catalog of anecdotes examining the horrors of being buried alive.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843) is Poe's tale of a murderer who, unlike Montresor, is driven mad by guilt.

In "The Imp of the Perverse" (1845), Poe explores...