This chilling tale is the stuff of nightmares. Indeed Smith dreamt this one night and quickly wrote it down for us all to enjoy. Not much is known about Smith other than he was born in Liverpool in 1881, served in WW1 and that he lived in Scotland. I would love to know more about him so if you have any clues, contact me.

A grim, almost steampunk imagining from Jerome K. Jerome. This author, best known for Three Men In A Boat and being a light-hearted writer, shows another side of his personality with this story, a twisted dark side.

From one of the great figures of Horror, this short story from Edgar Allan Poe will make you recoil and wince. Perhaps the brutality will make you want to stay indoors tonight on this Hallows eve. Or perhaps you will rejoice in this gothic masterpiece and pay homage to Poe with costumes and a raised glass. But if you do go out, be careful who you speak to, for you never really know what is happening in their minds.

A sinister story of murder and a descent into madness. Barry Eric Odell Pain was an English journalist, poet and writer and was one of the best at telling dark stories.

An unsettling story to make you fear the darkness. Written by John Davys Beresford an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror and ghost story genres.

A short whimsical tale of petty vengeance and reincarnation. Written by British author Hector Hugh Munro who wrote under the pseudonym of Saki. The story first appeared in the Morning Post and it was later collected in the 1914 anthology Beasts and Super Beasts.