In this volume: The Dream Woman, Wilkie Collins: A man dreams of a woman who attempts to stab him - and later begins to find people and scenes from his dream in real life... The Compensation House, Charles Collins: A man is literally unable to look into mirrors - why? The House And The Brain, Lord Lytton: A rational, logical man sets out to proven that an undeniably haunted house is not haunted. The Dead Man's Story, Hain Friswell: A gathering of friends at a fireside on a stormy night hear a tale of romantic obsession that leads to a deal with the Devil himself. Horror: A True Tale, John Berwick Harwood: A Gothic melee of a manor house Christmas party, locked rooms, towers, godmothers, prophetic warnings, dismembered cattle, ghosts clanking chains...there's even a few heaving bosoms. The Cold Embrace, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A hard-hearted rake-hell breaks the heart of his naive young lady, but even their suicide cannot part her from him. The Merchant Of Rotterdam, H.G. Bell: A master craftsman of prosthetic limbs creates a cork leg for a wealthy man - a leg that seems to have a life of its own... The Child Stealer, Erckmann-Chatrian: In a city plagued by child disappearances, the odd pairing of a crazed beggar woman and a man of action may yet solve the mystery.