This collection of stories brings together the writings of some of the greatest authors of all time and contrasts ghost stories of different lands and languages.

The stories include:

• "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost" by Wilkie Collins
• "The Haunters and the Haunted" by Sir Edward Bulwar-Lytton
• "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" by Daniel Defoe
• "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce
• "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" by Ambrose Bierce
• "The Stranger" by Ambrose Bierce
• "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells
• "Old Mrs. Jones" by Clara Riddell
• "The Ways of Ghosts" by Ambrose Bierce
• "Green Tea" by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
• "The Signalman" and "The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens
• "The Phantom Coach" by Amelia Edwards
• "They" by Rudyard Kipling
• "The Dream Woman" by Wilkie Collins