Summary

Four spine-tingling short stories from masters of the genre, including: The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards, the Judge's House by Bram Stoker, the Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott, and the Man of Science by Jerome K. Jerome. In the Phantom Coach, a young man lost on the moors in a snowstorm takes refuge in a lonely farmhouse. Anxious not to be stranded overnight, he makes a fateful decision...The Tapestried Chamber sees General Browne visiting his old friend Lord Woodville in his picturesque castle. But Browne's night in the tapestried chamber is not to be a pleasant one. The Judge's House finds Malcolm Malcolmson searching for a quiet place to study for his exams. His choice of an isolated house previously owned by an evil hanging judge is to have terrible consequences...Finally, in the Man of Science, the hate of one man and the fear of another lead to a dreadful revenge.