Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural

I credit this anthology with shaping my love of literary horror. All of the stories are excellent, but John Collier's “Thus I Refute Beelzy” creeped me out to my core, and to this day I can't shake its simple, elegant intimations of supernatural evil.

And the evocative cover art by Edward Gorey was as influential on my appreciation of the macabre as the stories themselves.

This belongs on the shelf of everyone who appreciates literary horror. If you find a copy, grab it. You can thank me afterward.