A wonderful selection of some of the most bizarre and unsettling stories ever written.

• 1. "The Furnished Room", by O. Henry
• 2. "The Smile of La Gioconda", by Morley Roberts
• 3. "The Dancing Partner", by Jerome K. Jerome
• 4. "The Giraffe Problem", by Barry Pain
• 5. "The Hammer of God", by G. K. Chesterton
• 6. "The Murder of the Mandarin", by Arnold Bennett
• 7. "His Brother’s Keeper", by W. W. Jacobs
• 8. "The Singing Lesson", by Katherine Mansfield
• 9. "The Marionettes", by O. Henry
• 10. "Charles", by A. J. Alan
• 11. "The Perfect Murder", by Stacy Aumonier
• 12. "The Siege of Berlin", by Alphonse Daudet
• 13. "Titbottom’s Spectacles", by George William Curtis
• 14. "Who Was She?", by Bayard Taylor
• 15. "The Marquise", by George Sand
• 16. "The Shadow of the Shark", by G. K. Chesterton
• 17. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
• 18. "Malachi’s Cove", by Anthony Trollope
• 19. "Mons. Cassecruche’s Inspiration", by George Walter Thornbury
• 20. "The Pistol-Shot", by Alexander Pushkin