Pered vami neobychnaja kniga russkikh misticheskikh povestej XIX - XX vekov - ot Aleksandra Bestuzheva-Marlinskogo do Leonida Andreeva - naprjamuju svjazannykh s evropejskim misticheskim romanom. Strashnye rasskazy suschestvujut ne pervoe stoletie, a ikh pochitatelej, ljubjaschikh ispytyvat jarkie chuvstva, slushat i chitat novye istorii, schekochuschie nervy, stanovitsja vse bolshe i bolshe.