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Stories about devils and demons were literary staples long before the modern horror field came into existence. Our earliest story in this volume, by Washington Irving, was published in 1824…and the fact that these tales span almost 200 years shows how enduring the theme remains. Here, then, are 25 great modern and classic tales of devils, demons, and the macabre. Enjoy!<P> THE CONTRACT OF CARSON CARRUTHERS, by William P. McGivern<BR> BURNT TOAST, by Mack Reynolds<BR> CRIME CLEAN-UP IN CENTER CITY, by Robert Moore Williams<BR> THE CRACKS OF TIME, by Dorothy Quick<BR> THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER, by Washington Irving<BR> HIDEAWAY, by Everil Worrell<BR> THE STRANGER FROM KURDISTAN, by E. Hoffmann Price<BR> HEREAFTER, INC., by Lester del Rey<BR> NIGHTMARE ON THE NOSE, by Evelyn E. Smith<BR> THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, by Mark Twain<BR> AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL: THE TRUE STORY OF A HALLUCINATION, by X.L. (Julian Osgood Field)<BR> CAN SUCH BEAUTY BE? by Jerome Bixby<BR> MARKHEIM, by Robert Louis Stevenson<BR> MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD, by Emil Petaja<BR> YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne<BR> ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS, by Manly Banister<BR> THE BARGAIN OF RUPERT ORANGE, by Vincent O’Sullivan<BR> THE BOTTLE IMP, by Dwight V. Swain<BR> THE CASE OF MR. LUCRAFT, Walter Besant and James Rice<BR> WHO SUPS WITH THE DEVIL, by S.M. Tenneshaw<BR> THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL, by Anton Chekhov<BR> SPAWN OF HELL, by William P. McGivern<BR> YOUR SOUL COMES C.O.D., by Mack Reynolds<BR> ST. JOHN'S EVE, by Nikolai Gogol<BR> WOLFIE, by Theodore R. Cogwell<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!