"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.'"
"A broad selection of ghost stories both classic and obscure.
Contents:
'The Phantom Coach' by Amelia B. Edwards
A man becomes lost on the moors during a snow storm.
'Blind Man's Buff' by H. R. Wakefield
A cheap piece of real estate...
'The Third Coach' by H. R. Wakefield
A strange train crash.
'That Time of the Night' by Ian Gordon
That peculiar period in the early hours...
'The Late Mourner' by Julius Long
The man received a shock when he saw the face in the coffin...
'There Was A Man Dwelt by a Churchyard' by M. R. James
A watcher of nightly funerals.
'The Malice of Inanimate Objects' by M. R. James
Inanimate objects are out to harm us...
'An Evening's Entertainment' by M. R. James
Strange goings-on in a quiet English village.
'Masquerade' by Mearle Prout
Stark horror in a lantern-lit garden.
'At the Gate' by Myla Jo Closser
What happens to our beloved dogs when they pass on?
'Lucy Comes to Stay' by Robert Bloch
Lucy is a 'bad influence'.
'The Last Incarnation' by Wallace West
An evil presence lingering close to a dying boy.
'He' by H. P. Lovecraft
A strange man reveals the secrets of Greenwich Village.
'The Tomb' by H. P. Lovecraft
A man becomes obsessed with a mausoleum.
'Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie' by William A. P. White
A chilling chamber..."
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