Erckmann and Chatrian's eerie and grim tales were touchstones of Victorian weird for M.R. James and H.P. Lovecraft, and many of the best are compiled in this "Collins Chillers" edition.
Hugh Lamb has spent over forty years delving into weird fiction. His main area of research is Victorian ghost stories and he has published five anthologies of these. A freelance journalist by profession, Hugh Lamb lives in Sutton, Surrey.