An illustrated collection of scary stories.

Knock at the manor gate / Franz Kafka -- Yesterday's witch / Gahan Wilson -- A legion marching by / John Hynam -- Lawyer and the ghost / Charles Dickens -- Ghost who was afraid of being bagged / anon., from India -- School for ghosts / adapted by Vida Derry -- Little yellow dog / Mary Williams -- Piper at the gates of dawn / Kenneth Grahame (from Wind in the Willows) -- The lilies / Alison Prince -- The emissary / Ray Bradbury -- John Pettigrew's mirror / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- Sredni Vashtar / Saki -- Miss Mountain / Philippa Pearce -- Was it a dream? / Guy de Maupassant -- A pair of hands / Arthur Quiller-Couch -- Boys' toilets / Robert Westall -- Left in the dark / John Gordon -- Monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs -- Lost hearts / M.R. James -- Thurnley Abbey / Perceval Landon -- Not at home / Jean Richardson -- Shepherd's dog / Joyce Marsh.