Ten Gothic tales for young readers from some of the best writers around; Joan Aiken (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase), M.T. Anderson (Feed, Thirsty), Neil Gaiman (Sandman series, Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline), Caitlin R. Kiernan (Silk, Threshold, Low Red Moon), Gregory Maguire (Wicked, the Hamlet Chronicles), Garth Nix (Abhorsen, Keys to the Kingdom series), Celia Rees (Witch Child, Sorceress), Janni Lee Simner (stories in Ghosts and Golems, Not of Human Born, Half Human), Vivian Vande Velde (Heir Apparent, Never Trust a Dead Man, Ghost of a Hanged Man), and Barry Yourgrau (Wearing Dad's Head, The Sadness of Sex, My Curious Uncle Dudley).