Book design by Joseph Perez ; cover design by Keith Sheridan Associates, Inc. ; cover engraving by Gustave Dore--title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-238).
Contents:
Apparitions; Harbingers of Death; The Ankou; Black Shuck; The Wild Hunt; The Banshee; The Doppelganger; The Shivering Boy; Corpse Candles; Ghosts of Icy Climes; Sendings; Grounded Ghosts; The Navky; The Utburd; The Poltergeist; The Epworth Poltergeist; Homebodies; House to Let; The Ghost of Burton Agnes Hall; The Vanished Bride; The Tower; Spectres of the Sea; The Flying Dutchman. Caution: Demons at Work; Giving the Devil His Due; Class Will Tell; The Incubus; The Succubus; Lilith; Lamia; The Mare; The Dream Lover; Imps; Ghouls; The Golem; The Dybbuk; The Homunculus; The Mandrake; Black Books; The Brazen Vessel; Mephistopheles; Gilles de Rais; Fairies; Goblins; Mermaids and Mermen; The Knockers; Gremlins -- Vampires, Werewolves, And Zombies; A Taste for Blood; Origins of the Vampire; The Count, as He First Appears to Jonathan Harker, in Bram Stoker's; The Making of a Vampire; Vampire Powers; Vampire Perils; The Werewolf; From Man to Animal; What Did Werewolves Do All Night?; Protection Against Werewolves; Close Cousins: The Lupins; The Zombie; The Case of Clairvius Narcisse -- Witches And Witchcraft; The Witch; The Sabbat; All Hallows' Eve; Familiars; The Witch's Mark; Tools of the Trade; The Elementals; Magical Devices; The Witch Hunt; The Legal Armory; Interrogation Testing, Testing; The Witch-Finder General -- Apparitions; Harbingers of Death; The Ankou; Black Shuck; The Wild Hunt; The Banshee; The Doppelganger; The Shivering Boy; Corpse Candles; Ghosts of Icy Climes; Sendings; Grounded Ghosts; The Navky; The Utburd; The Poltergeist; The Epworth Poltergeist; Homebodies; House to Let; The Ghost of Burton Agnes Hall; The Vanished Bride; The Tower; Spectres of the Sea; The Flying Dutchman.
Summary:
They have been with us since the beginning of time. Walking the centuries in our myths, our art, our literature ... and in our dreams. Victms of temptation and sin, they are spirits who fell from heaven's grace, emerging anew as servants of darkness.
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