Wow, just when I thought I couldn't read any thing that would creep me out any more, I come across Bram Stoker's short story Burial of the Rats and have to say I got chills. The story, which is about an Englishman who is traveling through France and accidentally comes across a city of vagrants, had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I don't know which was more suspenseful, the fact the traveler wound up having everyone chasing after him in an attempt to kill him and keep his valuables, a hunt that seemed more like a pack of wild animals than anything. Or, the fact that, if they would have succeeded, the thousands of rats would have picked his bones clean in a matter of minutes, removing all traces of the crime and even his identity, hence the title, Burial of the Rats. FultonClassics. com