Masterpieces of Mystery Author:Various Volume one of Masterpieces of Mystery is full of wonderful old ghost stories. The Ghost story is one of the oldest tales invented by man and can be found in almost every culture. Stories in this collection include The Listener by Algernon Blackwood, Number 13 by Montague Rhodes James, Joseph: a story by Katherine Rickford, The Horla by Guy de ... more »Maupassant, The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, Sister Maddelena by Ralph Adams Cram, Thrawn Janet by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Yellow Cat by Wilbur Daniel Steele, and Letter to Aura by Pliny the Younger.« less