Darryl Jones has taught at Trinity College Dublin since 1994. Prior to this he taught in the University of Lodz, Poland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Transylvania, and Tongji University, Shanghai. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film (Arnold/OUP 2002), It Came From the 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties (with Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan 2011), and for Oxford World's Classics, M. R. James, Collected Ghost Stories (OUP, 2011, 2013), Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales (2016), and H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (2017) and The Island of Doctor Moreau (2017).

• IntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyChronologyE.T.A. HOFFMANN, The SandmanWILLIAM MAGINN, The Man in the BellJAMES HOGG, George Dobson's Expedition to HellHONORÉ DE BALZAC, La Grande BretêcheEDGAR ALLAN POE, BereniceSHERIDAN LE FANU, Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the PainterNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Birth-MarkHERMAN MELVILLE, The Tartarus of MaidsFITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN, What Was It?CHARLES DICKENS, No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-ManÉMILE ZOLA, The Death of Olivier BécailleRONALD ROSS, The Vivisector VivisectedROBERT-LOUIS STEVENSON, The Body-SnatcherRUDYARD KIPLING, The Mark of the BeastAMBROSE BIERCE, ChickamaugaCHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN,The Yellow Wall PaperARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, The Case of Lady SannoxBRAM STOKER, The SquawROBERT W. CHAMBERS, The Repairer of ReputationsARTHUR MACHEN, Novel of the White PowderRICHARD MARSH, The Adventure of Lady Wishaw's HandW. W. JACOBS, The Monkey's PawMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, Luella MillerM. R. JAMES, Count MagnusFRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD, For the Blood is the LifeALGERNON BLACKWOOD, The WendigoW. F. HARVEY, August HeatE. F. BENSON, The Room in the TowerWILLIAM HOPE HODGSON, The DerelictExplanatory Notes

Horror Stories is a very impressive collection. It includes a number of tales that anyone who has a passionate interest in horror should have on their bookshelf, with staple titles known across horror aficionados as well as some lesser known works from some very prolific authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, and E.F. Benson. With a very thorough and analytical introduction from Darryl Jones, you see the origins of these stories and the enduring influence they have had on the genre. You will not be disappointed.