Each volume includes cursory information about the featured supernatural being, three stiffly narrated stories in cartoon-panel form, and three abbreviated retellings of legends or historical events; without references or context, there's little to indicate if the tales are myth, history, or fiction. The illustrations, while appropriately macabre, are static. The volumes lack substance, though they might hold grisly appeal for horror fans. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.