The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

Thus far, Oldstyle Tales Press has produced, under its Editor, M Grant Kellermeyer, fifteen books that concentrate on weird, horror and supernatural fiction. One doesn't normally associate Maupassant with these categories unless one is well-rounded in the author's work. Probably a full twenty percent of Maupassant's short stories touch upon these subjects as well as the onset of ever-encroaching insanity. This particular volume has a very nice selection of these tales, including The Terror, The Horla, The Inn, and On the River. There are sixteen stories all told, each worth your time. As an extra bonus, Mar. Kellermeyer presents an introduction and afterward to each story, explaining its placement in Maupassant's oeuvre as well as the effect each had on later authors. Altogether a very fine volume.

I love these books with all my heart. I am little by little collecting them all, and if you love short horror stories as much as I do, you should too.