French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a pioneer in weird fiction. A master of the short story, Maupassant wrote dozens of tales in which horror, madness, crime, and the supernatural play a key part. This volume presents the totality of Maupassant’s work in the weird tale — well over 30 tales, including both the short and long versions of his most famous horror story, “The Horla,” along with such classics as “He?,” “Was It a Dream?,” “The Diary of a Madman,” and many others. Also included is an early fantastic novella, “Doctor Heraclius Gloss,” the poem “Horror,” and an essay, “The Fantastic.” The editor, S. T. Joshi, has checked the English translations against the original texts and has added a bio-critical introduction and a bibliography.