Joseph Sheridan La Fanu aka (J.S. Le Fanu or Sheridan Le Fanu) was considered one of the Victorian era's leading ghost-story writers. This collection focuses on 31 of his most known short stories, published between 1838 and 1894.

The Drunkard's Dream
The Ghost and the Bone-setter
The Mysterious Lodger
Schalken the Painter
Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (The Village Bully / The Sexton's Adventure / The Spectre Lovers)
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street
Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen
An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House
Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling
The Child That Went With the Fairies
The Vision of Tom Chuff
Stories of Lough Guir (The Magician Earl / Moll Rial's Adventure / The Banshee / The Governess's Dream / The Earl's Hall )
Green Tea
Madam Crowl's Ghost
The Dead Sexton
Laura Silver Bell
Dickon the Devil
Carmilla
Mr. Justice Harbottle
The Watcher
Passage in the History of the Irish Countess
Strange Events in the life of Schalken the Painter
The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh
The Dream
A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family