Thirteen Volume One is a collection of 113 short horror stories, mainly from the US and the UK. It includes the notorious and terrifying short story 'The Magic', which caused an overnight sensation on YouTube and is widely regarded as the scariest short story ever written. Including the hugely controversial opening story 'The Magic' (which resulted in the book being banned in Italy), Thirteen is an impressive collection of stories for anyone with an unhealthy interest in ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies and aliens. 'The Magic' is widely acknowledged as one of the most terrifying short stories ever written - if not the most - despite being only two pages long. It spawned the famous 'I Read Thirteen!' craze on the internet and serves as a fine introduction to the other 112 stories in Thirteen.