The authors represented in this collection are: Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951) Thomas Burke (1887 - 1945) Ralph A. Cram (1863 - 1942) F. Marion Crawford (1854 - 1909) Mrs. Catherine Crowe (1790 - 1876) E. F. Benson (1867 - 1940) R. H. Benson (1871 - 1914) Ambrose Bierce (1838 - 1914? ) A. M. Burrage (1889 - 1956) Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884 - 1951) M. R. James (1862 - 1936) H. P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) Arthur Machen (1863 - 1947) M. P. Dare (1902 - 1962) William C. Dickinson (1897 - 1963) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) L. P. Hartley (1895 - 1972) W. F. Harvey (1885 - 1937) E. & H. Heron (1876 - 1922) & (1851 - 1935) Robert Hichens (1864 - 1950) Violet Hunt (1866 - 1942) Nigel Kneale (1922 - 2006) Noel Langley (1911 - 1980) R. H. Malden (1879 - 1951) Amyas Northcote (1864 - 1923) Elliott O'Donnell (1872 - 1965) Oliver Onions (1873 - 1961) J. B. Priestley (1894 - 1984) Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863 - 1944) R. Ellis Roberts (1879 - 1953) H. R. Wakefield (1889 - 1964) H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) Dennis Wheatley (1897 - 1977)