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This is a collection of short stories written by Roald Dahl, which selects 14 creepy classic short stories, including "The Invisible Playmate" by A. M. Burrage, "The Ghost Hand" by Sheridan Le Fanu, "You Seek Mercy" by Edith Wharton, "The Corner Shop" by Cecilia Asquith and "The Telephone" by Mary Treadgold, etc. The best ghost stories don't have a ghost in them, at least they don't let you see the ghost. Instead, you see only the results of its actions. Occasionally you can feel it brushing past you, or make you aware of its presence in subtle ways. Just like the stories in this book are not limited by time and linger in people's hearts for a long time, each one is a masterpiece in the history of literature.

Sophie couldn't sleep. The moonlight shone in through the gaps in the curtains, shining right on her pillow. In the dormitory of the orphanage, other children had already fallen asleep. Only she couldn't sleep, she closed her eyes and lay motionless on the bed. She tried her best to fall asleep, but she just couldn't. The whole house was quiet, without any sound. Behind the curtains, the window was open, and there were no pedestrians or cars passing on the road outside. Sophie didn't expect it to be so quiet at night. I heard from the adults that the wizard appeared at this time. She got out of bed and wanted to close the gap in the curtains, so she touched her glasses on the chair next to the bed. Sophie's eyesight was bad, and she couldn't see anything without it. Putting on her glasses, Sophie walked to the window.

These 10 irrational short stories are fairy tales created for adult readers by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. You will meet a little boy who loves animals so much that he swims with sea turtles; a husband who is jealous of the domestic cat; a landlady who wants her guests to stay forever; a man who is led astray by his love for pork and a wife who has a morbid fear of being late... Careful readers will find that their madness all comes from a loss of control. In these ten surprising and unsettling stories, Roald Dahl explains what happens when we lose our minds. Among them, "The Landlady" won Roald Dahl the second "Edgar Allan Poe Literary Award" in his life in 1959. The article was selected by American teachers as one of the 23 English short stories most suitable for middle school students to read. The recommendation: "A masterpiece among the short stories of the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl, whose unique conception has far-reaching influence." It has been selected into many European and American textbooks.