With Dracula, Bram Stoker produced an undisputed masterpiece, arguably the greatest horror novel ever. But sadly, many of his other works are not just inferior but are flat-out poor. There are a few highlights in this collection of short stories, like the often anthologized ghost story "The Judge's House," the less well-known but excellent suspense tale "The Burial of the Rats," and the amusing doppelganger story "The Crooken Sands" (which shows Stoker's humorous side). But most of the other stories run from mediocre to poor.