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This superb new collection, specially selected for Pan and even more varied in its terrifying aspects of horror, is made up of tales of the gruesome - such as Piece-Meal, Black Creator and Boomerang - subtle frightfulness - as The Inn, The Speciality of the House and Taboo - malign insanity and sheer terror - like By One, By Two and By Three and The Vertical Ladder.Together with famous classics - by Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Agatha Christie and Bram stoker - these stories will excite terror or repulsion and guarantee you a sleepless night!

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