Oggi, a oltre cento anni dalla sua nascita, la figura dell’«Investigatore dell’Occulto» è più viva che mai, grazie alle numerose trasposizioni cinematografiche e alle opere di molti scrittori. Jules de Grandin, ideato da Seabury Quinn, non è soltanto il più noto tra i detective «fantastici» (è protagonista di ben 93 avventure), ma anche quello che si imbatte nella più ampia casistica di manifestazioni soprannaturali: dalle mummie redivive ai vampiri, dai licantropi ai morti viventi, dagli spettri tradizionali alle strigi, alle lamie, alle gorgoni, ai ghoul e a quant’altro offre la letteratura fantastica. Vengono qui proposte quattro delle sue più avvincenti avventure....

When Carson first noticed the sounds in his cellar, he ascribed them to the rats. Later he began to hear the tales which were whispered by the superstitious Polish mill workers in Derby Street regarding the first occupant of the ancient house, Abigail Prinn.

Italian translation of The Ghost Hunter (Best of Weird Tales #7) Volume content \-The Ghost Hunter ( ANTHOLOGY ) Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore & Daniela Galdo p. 5-The Ghost Hunter (Ghost Hunt, 1948 Short Story) by H.R. Wakefield Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 13-The Mask of Death (1936 Short story) by Paul Ernst Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 52-Abandoned Bog (Poetry, Abandoned Bog, 1938) by Joseph C. Kempe Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 53-The Laugh (Short Story, The Laugh, 1939) by Richard H. Hart Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 66-A Dead House (Poetry, A Dead House, 1933) by Clarence Edwin Flynn Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 67-Guarded (1938) Short story by Mearle Prout Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 76-My Tomb (Poetry, My Tomb, 1939) by James E. Warren Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 77-The Medici Boots (1936) Short Story by Pearl Norton Swet Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 97-The Black Thing, Dead (Second Night Out, 1946) Short Story by Frank Belknap Long Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 109-Colors (Poetry, Color, 1935) by Arthur Leslie Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 110-Dupin e l'altro (Poetry, Dupin and Another, 1939) by Vincent Starrett Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 111-Return from Death (1939) Short Story by Bruce Bryan Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 132-To Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Poetry, To Howard Phillips Lovecraft, 1938) by Francis Flagg Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 133-The Secret of the Growing Gold (1892) Short Story by Bram Stoker Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 149-The Red Knife of Hassan (1934) Short Story by Seabury Quinn Translation by Daniela Consiglio, Maria Grazia Fiore and Daniela Galdo p. 189-INDEX