Welcome to Litsy!

This collection is designed for reading when alone and at night, when you may be assailed by doubts that the back door was REALLY locked an hour ago. You will find no stories in this collection by the recognized "specialists" in the horror field, such as H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, et al. These good authors seem to reach a little too deliberately for their effects. It is our hope that almost any story herein could suggest, in the beginning at least, a commonplace experience, so that you could easily find yourself in the same setting, or, if you will, in the same nightmare. You will also note that we did not call these stories the Best or the Greatest or the Worst. They were chosen generally because we found them the most difficult to get out of mind. Perhaps this is the real test of a story for the Dead of Night, or any other time.