Merging flesh-creeping suggestiveness with grisly shocks, it's a horror tale of uncanny power.

This six-part series breathes new life into the classic horror tale.

Some reviewers admired the allegorical qualities of the gothic horror tale and the poetry of the writing, while others read the book as straightforward genre.

As if to reinforce the point, other horror tales followed.

Veterans themselves relate in frank and often crude language their horror tales, which are sometimes horrendous, often inspiring, and always gripping.