This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment.

• Dionea


• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime


• Sir Edmund Orme


• Magic Lantern


• The Spectral Hand


• The Mark of the Beast


• The Dak Bungalow at Dakor


• Lot 249


• The Case of Lady Sannox


• The Pallinghurst Barow


• The Great God Pan


• Vaila