In a new translation by Arnold Keller all the tales of terror by Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short story writer, are collected here in one volume. These 31 stories of the supernatural explore the furthest reaches of the macabre and at the same time parallel de Maupassant's own descent into madness and death. Includes a Foreword by modern master horror writer Ramsey Campbell. The Horla The Devil Two Friends Fear The Hand Coco The Mannerism The Madwoman Mohammed-Fripouille The Blind Man At Sea Apparition Saint-Antoine The Wolf Terror The Diary of a Madman A Vendetta The Smile of Schopenhauer On the River He? Old Milon The Head of Hair The Inn Mother Savage Was He Mad? The Dead Girl Mademoiselle Cocotte A Night in Paris The Case of Louise Roque The Drowned Man Who Knows?