Synopses & Reviews
While best known for literature's greatest, most popular, and most famous vampire novel,
Dracula, Bram Stoker also wrote superlative short stories. Indeed, he was a genius at creating horror within the confines of a short tale.
Now readers can sample Stoker's mastery in this treasury of fourteen spine-tingling stories. Not all the selections deal with the ghostly and supernatural, but they are always bizarre, and some—like "The Squaw" and "The Burial of the Rats"—are equal to Poe at his best. In addition to these two masterly tales, the collection includes "The Crystal Cup," "The Chain of Destiny," "The Castle of the King," "The Dualists" (probably Stoker's most horrifying story), "The Judge's House," "The Secret of the Growing Gold," "A Dream of Red Hands," "Crooken Sands," "Dracula's Guest," and three more.
Lovers of occult and supernatural fiction will delight in this inexpensive collection of ghost and horror stories, called by Stephen King "absolutely champion short stories."
Original Dover (1997) compilation of 14 stories from various editions. Edited by Richard Dalby, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and S. T. Joshi. Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Synopsis
Superb selection of 14 spine-tingling stories by author of Dracula. "The Squaw," "The Burial of the Rats," "The Crystal Cup," "The Chain of Destiny," "The Castle of the King," "The Dualists" (probably Stoker's most horrifying story), "A Dream of Red Hands" and 7 more. Called by Stephen King "absolutely champion short stories." Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Richard Dalby The Crystal Cup The Chain of Destiny The Castle of the King The Dualitists The Burial ofthe Rats The Judge's House The Secret of the Growing Gold The Coming of Abel Behenna The Squaw A Dream of Red Hands Crooken Sands Dracula's Guest A Star Trap A Gipsy Prophecy