In the 1840s, Emile Erckmann and Louis Alexandre Chatrian forged a lifelong writing partnership, creating potent tales of witches and monsters, haunted woods and enchanted castles. Showing why the German-French duo popularly known as "the Twins" exerted a lasting influence upon such authors as H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James, the 16 stories here include "The Murderer's Violin," "The Man-Wolf," "The Owl's Ear," "Lex Talionis," "The Wild Huntsman," and "A Legend of Marseilles."