One of the most solid horror anthologies available--and, having read dozens of them over the decades, I know whereof I speak. From the sublime (the existential horror of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") to the ridiculous ("The Monster of Lake LaMetrie," a mad scientist misadventure by Wardon Allan Curtis), from canonical classics ("Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft; "The Horsehair Trunk" by Davis Grubb) to more recent masterpieces (Carl Jacobi's "The Unpleasantness at Carver House"; Tom Reamy's "Twilla"; Jeffrey Goddin's "The Smell of Cherries"), all tastes are catered for. A Treasury of American Horror Stories belongs in your permanent collection. ( )