Here are ten creepy and bewitching tales that will assault sleep and invade waking moments.

Strange black birds descend upon a village and bring with them a plague that kills only young marriageable girls.

A 19th century city in which bloody and public displays of revenge are sanctioned. In this city, a grieving mother stages a pitiless act of revenge for the boy who corrupted her daughter.

A strange nameless man in a gypsy wagon serves up illusions for those who require them.

A successful writer of horror novels is haunted by the death of an imaginary friend from childhood.

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