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by Fitz James O'Brien (Contributor) , Julian Hawthorne (Editor) , Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) , Melville Davisson Post (Contributor) , F Marion Crawford (Contributor) , Washington Irving (Contributor) , Charles Brockden Brown (Contributor) , Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor) , Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (Contributor) , Nathaniel Hawthorne (Contributor)

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Table of Contents:

By the Waters of Paradise, by F. Marion Crawford
The Shadows on the Wall, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Corpus Delicti, by Melville D. Post
An Heiress from Redhorse, by Ambrose Bierce
The Man and the Snake, by Ambrose Bierce
The Oblong Box, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Gold-Bug, by Edgar Allan Poe
Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams, by Washington Irving
Adventure of the Black Fisherman, by Washington Irving
Wieland's Madness, by Charles Brockden Brown
The Golden Ingot, by Fitzjames O'Brien
My Wife's Tempter, by Fitzjames O'Brien
The Minister's Black Veil, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Horror: A True Tale, by Anonymous

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