"Hateful day when I received life!" I exclaimed in agony. "Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?" A scientist and his creation-who is the monster and who is the man? Mary Shelley created a genre with Frankenstein , giving the world a new form of terror. When Victor Frankenstein brings forth life, all that follows is death.Gothic grotesqueries, penny dreadfuls, pulp magazines, and other darkly inventive publications have produced a dread allure across the world, infiltrating culture and influencing language, becoming the source for multiple adaptations across all forms of media. Curated and edited by C.S.R. Calloway, Horror Historia brings together the most influential monsters and original gothic stories in one blood-curdling collection. Collect each volume and complete the ultimate nightmare pantheon.