The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

by Guy de Maupassant · 1969

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In a new translation by Arnold Keller all the tales of terror by Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short story writer, are collected here in one volume. These 31 stories of the supernatural explore the furthest reaches of the macabre and at the same time parallel de Maupassant's own descent into madness and death. Includes a Foreword by modern master horror writer Ramsey Campbell.

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The Horla —

The Devil —

Two friends —

Fear —

The hand —

Coco —

The mannerism —

The madwoman —

Mohammed-Fripouille —

The blind man —

At sea —

Apparition —

Saint-Antoine —

The wolf —

Terror —

The diary of a madman —

A vendetta —

The smile of Schopenhauer —

On the river —

He? —

Old Milon —

The head of hair —

The inn —

Mother Savage —

Was he mad? —

The dead girl —

Mademoiselle Cocotte —

A night in Paris —

The case of Louise Roque —

The drowned man —

Who knows?

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 252 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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