"A collection of horror stories concerning figures and shapes of a particularly unnatural nature.
Contents:
The Underbody by Allison V. Harding (Weird Tales 1949)
'A thing that was not a man, yet could not be anything else...'
Mr. Sliggins by Gary Gordon (HorrorBabble 2022)
'A boy has an encounter with the so-called Mr. Sliggins.'
The Eighth Green Man by G. G. Pendarves (Weird Tales 1928)
'An uncanny horror befell the guests of the innkeeper when the Green Men held their revels.'
The Thing from the Barrens by Jim Kjelgaard (Weird Tales 1945)
'A strange entity makes its way into a small town in Northern Canada.'
The Pale Man by Julius Long (Weird Tales 1934)
'The eccentric behaviour of a strange guest in a country hotel.'
The Marmot by Allison V. Harding (Weird Tales 1944)
'Such a harmless looking tiny creature—but animals possess strange abilities beyond our ken!'
Rainman by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble 2024)
'A police officer investigates the mysterious death of a youngster.'
The Shingler by E. L. Wright (Weird Tales 1941)
'Next time you have work done on your house, be sure you don't get the Shingler!'
The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales 1928)
'A bizarre encounter with a procession of skeletons.'
The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce (New York Town Topics 1893)
'A hunter confronts an unseen creature beyond human perception.'"
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