5 stories carefully selected by Doug Bradley as a fitting accompaniment for the holiday season. Featuring the work of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, WW Jacobs, and M.R. James.

Also included are Dan Woods' evocative cover images.

The stories featured are:

John Mortonson's Funeral by Ambrose Bierce

Lost Hearts by M.R. James

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft

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A deadly plague ravages the land whilst the nobles lock themselves away from the world, safe from harm. Or are they...

Poe's poem examines his existential view on humanity and the uncontrollable supernatural forces surrounding our fate.

Can a strong will beat death?

An insulted Nobleman honours his families motto, Nemo me impune lacessit (No one insults me with impunity), with deadly consequences.

A man on the brink of death consents to experience Mesmerism, a revolutionary scientific technique to communicate with the dead.

The last poem written by Poe, and one of his most beautiful and haunting. He writes of love lost, and lovers to be reunited beyond life itself.

A man escapes death at sea, only to stumble upon a dark, foreboding ship and crew, on a voyage of damnation.

A gifted boy goes through life hounded by his ever present doppleganger.