Assembly of Phantasms: Short Story Collection

Six stories of the supernatural. The True Executioner - During the French Reign of Terror, a devoted executioner has a midnight encounter with the victims of his diligent handiwork. Malvedar's Flesh - A narrator tells the story of sinister events in an isolated village after a condemned alchemist vows to achieve his immortality and vengeance. Shadow Play - A cinema historian discovers a lost horror film from the silent era that he hopes will be his ticket to fame but casts him into a nightmare.
Forgotten Man of the Lighthouse - A keeper of a coastal watchtower becomes alarmed when weeks pass without sight of either ship or stranger, but when his longing for companionship is answered, it proves to be the harbinger of nightmares. The Lucky Catch - A man having a bad day stops in an alley to clean his shoe of a slimy substance and finds his fortune improving through a series of encounters which appear too good to be true.
The Devil's Trapper - Washington Irving-style forgotten legend of late 18th century Quebec concerning a terrible phantom and its reluctant victim.