Young Edgar grows increasingly unnerved as his strange Uncle Montague spins tale after haunting tale. The hour grows late in that dark and eerie house. There are noises - creaks, groans, someone dragging something across the floor in the room upstairs...
Is it Franz, the mysterious butler whom Edgar has never seen, or something much more sinister?Do not be lulled into complacency by the almost whimsical Edward Gorey-like illustrations. The stories in this book are genuinely creepy. Children feature predominantly in the tales, and very few of them emerge unscathed at the end.Gulp!