num_pages: 352
description: Dark contains the best writing from fiction masters about the things that scare us the most: murder, ghosts, insanity and our own vulnerability. It examines its subject through the eyes of some of the world's most gifted writers-Edgar Allen Poe, W.W. Jacobs, Robert Frost, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Marjorie Bowen and A.M. Burrage-who bring us face-to-face with evil in all of its forms, from serial murder to hauntings to alien abduction. The stories will scare you: You will feel the malice of murderers, the cold evil of the undead, and the unreasoning hatred of the insane, as well as the suffering of their victims. But these stories offer enlightenment, as well. Ultimately, Dark is about literature's greatest themes: good and evil.
language: English
title: Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural
titlecomplete: Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Classics, Paranormal, Historical, Anthologies, Horror, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 106
publisher: Mainstream Publishing