Feeding on our darkest nightmares and deepest fears, this excruciatingly entertaining collection of fiendishly frightening stories provides agonizingly exquisite tales of torture, vengeance, and retribution. Sampling the consummate skills of such renowned writers as Saki, David H. Keller, Thomas Ligotti, John Galt, Alan Ryan, Fred Chappel, and other masters of the genre, this volume is a veritable rogue's gallery of devious criminals who really understand how to make the punishment fit the crime.