MAN EATER
'No such thing as a man-eating plant?
You're wrong there, said the
nurseryman. 'Mind, we fed this one on lean beef, mostly, until one day when it got over-excited..
 
NASTY
He had drawn the symbols, lit the candles and read the incantation. The demon appeared, and seemed to know at once his innermost desire...
 
NIGHTMARE IN YELLOW
He had planned it down to the last detail: fraud, murder and a néw identity. Now he swung the cosh viciously once, and caught her before she fell...
 
Fifteen chilling stories of mystery, crime and suspense by masters in the art of macabre Julian Symons, Patricia Highsmith and many others..