Book excerpt: This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: Horror. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Edgar Allan Poe: - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Cask of Amontillado - The Masque of the Red Death - The Pit and the Pendulum - The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Black Cat - H. P. Lovecraft: - The Call of Cthulhu - The Outsider - Pickman's Model - The Statement of Randolph Carter - The Colour out of Space - The Dunwich Horror - The Music of Erich Zann - W. W. Jacobs: - The Monkey's Paw - A Golden Venture - A Love-Knot - An Adulteration Act - Back to Back - Establishing Relations - Captain Rogers - E.T.A. Hoffmann: - The Golden Pot - The Sandman - Councillor Krespela - Automata - The Elementary Spirit - The Jesuits' Church in G-- - The Story of the Hard Nut - Robert Louis Stevenson: - The Waif Woman - The Bottle Imp - Thrawn Janet - Markheim - The Body Snatcher - Olalla - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde