Charles Dickens, Jack London, Joyce Carol Oates, not to mention Poe, Hawthorne, Lovecraft... so many of the great writers of western literature wrote tales of supernatural horror as short storys.

Rod Serling made the 30 minute fright a modern classic. Yet in the first decade of the 21st Century the short-form horror tale has fallen out of favor.

Fortunately, with the success of the Masters of Horror anthology series and the growing interest in horror themed film festivals, [see the Dark Romance coverage of Hollywood's Shriekfest] the bite-sized delights of mini-horrors are becoming easier to find.

Special praise goes to Fangoria for their prime cuts of concentrated fear on their Blood Drive DVD.

Perfect when you need a "fix" of fright but don't have time for a feature. Or consume them all in a horror binge like a box of gooey chocolates.