A second collection of those intriguing thrillers that keep us on the edge of our seats.

Contents:

The Look by Maurice Level

A husband and wife commit a terrible, haunting crime together.

Guarded by Mearle Prout

A mountain murder unleashes deadly, unforeseen consequences.

The Gong Ringers by Hasan Vokine

Travellers fall into a deadly trap set by unlikely suspects.

An Unnatural Feud by Norman Douglas

A mother and son share a deeply toxic, destructive bond.

The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce

A widower’s lonely death hides whispers of something unspeakable.

A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins

A rigged gambling den traps a tourist in a murderous scheme.

The Furnished Room by O. Henry

A new tenant searches for a vanished woman—and finds despair.

The Night They Crashed the Party by Robert Bloch

Guests expecting wrestling witness something disturbingly real on live television.

August Heat by W. F. Harvey

Two strangers meet—linked by fate, fear, and a gravestone.

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant

A severed hand may be behind its owner's murder.

Dread Summons by Paul Ernst

A scream reveals a dreadful, otherworldly call has been answered.

Grotesquerie by Harold Lawlor

A strange newcomer hides in the shadows of a haunted house.

A Question of Identity by Robert Bloch

Trapped and transformed, a mind reels with unanswerable questions.

The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert E. Howard

A man spends the night with a corpse—and something else.

Night and Silence by Maurice Level

They seemed to personify Age, Night and Silence.