In a Glass Darkly: Five Supernatural Short Stories Including “Carmilla”

“My memory rejects the picture with incredulity and horror. Yet I know it is true.”When the veil between our world and the unseen thins, terror seeps through the cracks. A newlywed is haunted by a spectral monkey only he can see. A young woman falls under the spell of a mysterious female visitor with an unnatural thirst. A clergyman is pursued by a dark figure that stalks him through the shadows. Are these merely delusions of troubled minds, or glimpses of a reality most of us are mercifully blind to?From the haunting lesbian vampire tale “Carmilla” to the psychological horror of “Green Tea,” Sheridan Le Fanu’s masterful collection blends dark literature with chilling supernatural encounters that present the disturbing possibility that what we see “in a glass darkly” may be more real than the world we think we know.First published in 1872, In a Glass Darkly is an unforgettable descent into the macabre. Turn the pages—if you dare. Read more