Great introduction to some classic authors of of supernatural fiction. Some are well known--Bram Stoker ("The Judge's House"), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ("Playing with Fire"--actually a weak and rather odd story), Robert Louis Stevenson (the classic "The Body Snatcher") , and Edgar Allan Poe (a person...
I haven't actually "read" this tome. I picked it up today at one of my libraries for a dollar and already I've learned something:molucca bean A kind of bean or nut, sometimes worn as an amulet in the Western Isles of Scotland....When witchcraft is threatened the beans turn black, warning of misfortu...