Heart-thumping Horror! 16 Dark Tales of Devilish Delight! The Cocoon: "Something came through the door and half crawled, half fluttered to Denny's bed. Then it wormed its way beneath the sheet and rested like a sticky pulp upon Denny's mouth." Miss Gentilbelle: "The parakeet screamed for a considerable time... When it was silent, the white fingers that clutched it were stained with a dark thin fluid." Party Pieces: "From the kitchen there came a noise of throbbing - a terrible, low heartbeat, drumming remorselessly..." Contents: * The Quest for Blank Claveringi by Patricia Highsmith * Back for Christmas by John Collier * The Cocoon by John B. L. Goodwin * The End of the Party by Graham Greene * Hard Luck Story by Pamela Vincent * Srendi Vashtar by Saki * Miss Gentilbelle by Charles Beaumont * The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak by Basil Tozer * Miriam by Truman Capote * Cold Sleep by Sydney J. Bounds * The Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac * Earth to Earth by Robert Graves * The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce * Close Behind Him by John Wyndham * Letter to a Young Lady in Paris by Julio Cortazar * Party Pieces by Mary Danby