Mystery and horror stories originally published in separate volumes are brought together in this collection of Horacio Quiroga's most representative work. In "The Feather Pillow," a parasite inside a pillow absorbs a woman's blood to the point of killing her; "The Beheaded Chicken" deals with the themes of family, attention, madness, and death; and an obese man finds himself being devoured by his own gluttony in "Wild Honey." Dozens of black-and-white...