Black Editions: 227 books

On a snowy December night, shortly after Christmas, the inhabitants of Chadston village are gathered in the Hall to enjoy a display of animated pictures. All, that is, except Alice Marvel, who is startled by an unexpected visitor - her old friend the dwarf Evan Berrow, who has come to renew his proposal...

During the long walk to visit an old friend in the cathedral town of Moncaster, Eric Baker passes through the deserted village of Old Dexleigh. Investigating the abandoned church, he overhears a plot to kidnap a man named Harding. Baker is determined to foil this villainous enterprise - but in doing...

Fergus Hume's Gothic mystery begins one evening in late-nineteenth-century Verona, when a young Englishman loses his way and finds himself lost in an eerie graveyard. Seeing a mysterious woman emerge from one of the tombs, he follows her to a deserted mansion, where he witnesses a murder worthy of...

When Denham decides to stay the night at the creepy Fen Inn, he is surprised to find his old friend Francis Briarfield a fellow-guest. He is even more surprised, upon waking the following day, to find the inn deserted and Briarfield murdered. The mystery deepens when Denham rushes to inform Briarfield's...

John Plowden is a young solicitor with a modest dream - a house of his own in quiet suburbia, where he can engage in undisturbed study of his beloved Classics. A gamble on the stock market enables him to purchase No. 20 Walden Road. But all is not well and soon, Plowden becomes convinced that his...

A man is plagues by a faceless apparition... A mysterious creature stalks the old Roman road at dusk... A child's ghost haunts a country house at Christmas... G.M. Robins, who also wrote as 'Mrs Baillie Reynolds', was a successful author of bestselling romances. She reveals...

A travelling hypnotist with a passion for stories places chance acquaintances in a trance and records the tales they have to tell. This is the conceit linking this set of fantastical stories, in which hidden treasure, the legendary deeds of Robin Hood, terrible spectres, haunted hilltops, a conversation...

Marie Corelli was one of the most popular writers of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Her bestselling novels of the occult thrilled millions of readers with their tales of romance and the spirit world. Corelli also wrote a number of supernatural short stories, all of which are published together...

As the title suggests, H.D. Lowry's short stories present a series of episodes that illustrate some of the particular tragedies besetting all kinds of Victorian women. The tales are varied in theme and tone, including stories of disenchanted children, jealous lovers, abandoned wives, vengeful witches,...

One of R.H. Benson's most beautiful books, "The Light Invisible" is a series of stories told by an elderly English priest. In it, Benson uses the supernatural to ruminate on the theme of faith and the role played by God and the Devil in earthly affairs. The effect is by turns comforting...

A prolific contributor to the popular periodicals of her day, Bithia Mary Croker was an Irish novelist whose work memorably portrays everyday life in colonial India. Today, she is perhaps best remembered for her ghost stories, twenty of which are presented in this comprehensive collection of Croker's...

Harold Lennox has always remembered his encounter with the young woman who helped him after a cycling accident - a woman he has dreamed of ever since. One snowy night, a sensational train crash brings her into his life once again. But the crash also has an impact on a conspiracy to acquire the rights...

One evening in July, the peaceful slumber of the London suburb of Gresham is disturbed by a woman’s terrified cry of “Murder!” - at a local boarding house, a mysterious lady of unknown origins has been found strangled, her jewels taken in an apparent case of robbery with violence. But when Inspector...

Barrister Ned Shepworth faces the most difficult trial of his career when he is forced to defend his own fiancee, Mona Chent, from an accusation of murdering her uncle in cold blood. A second murder clears Mona from suspicion - but makes Ned himself the prime suspect! Luckily for Ned, his friend,...