title: ECHOES OF TERROR: A Madman's Manuscript; Three in a Bed; Masque of the Red Death; Dracula; The Furnished Room; The Forsaken of God; The Werewolf; The Midnight Embrace; The Devil's Wager; The Monkey's Paw; The Seventh Pullet
author: Mike Jarvis
description: Eleven classic tales of terror by Saki, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Lord Halifax, O. Henry, W.W. Jacobs, and others, with vivid illustrations.
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  **Table of Contents**
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Copyright Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
    
  
  The Haunted Forest
  
  The Murky Secret
  
  Next-of-Kin
  
  The Bloody Fangs
  
  Ask the Bones
  
  The Four-Footed Horror
  
  Beginning with the Ears
  
  Fiddling with Fire
  
  The Laplander’s Drum
  
  A Night of Terror
  
  Nowhere to Hide
  
  The Handkerchief
  
  The Mousetrap
  
  The Speaking Head
  
  The Dripping Cutlass
  
  The Black Snake
  
  The Hand of Death
  
  The Invisible Guest
  
  A Trace of Blood
  
  The Bridal Gown
  
  The Greedy Man and the Goat
  
  The Evil Eye
  
    
  
  _Sources_
  
   _ **A deal with the devil....**_
  
    
  
  _There stood a horrifying figure, dressed in a long black cloak lined with red
  and smoldering at the hem. His black boots were licked by tongues of flame.
  And his pointed tail thrashed smoke from side to side. Lucas cringed, for now
  he knew who ’d been teaching him to fiddle that night._
  
   _“Give it here, ” demanded the devil. And he began to play. His fingers
  danced over the strings and firmly guided the bow. Songs b