"The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake" is an October 1931 Weird Tales by the Californian author, Clark Ashton Smith. “A brief story of the terror that lurked in Avilton’s library and the tragic event that ensued.”

"The Horror in the Museum" is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald in October 1932, published in 1933. The tale takes place in a private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque.

"The Secret of Kralitz" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Henry Kuttner. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1936, was described as follows: “A story of the shocking revelation that came to the twenty-first Baron Kralitz.”

"Witch In-Grain" is a macabre tale of black magic by the English writer, R. Murray Gilchrist, first published in the National Observer in 1893.

"The Curse of the House" is a short story by Robert Bloch, first published in Strange Stories, February 1939. "Twelve generations of evil incarnate rise to avenge the abode of secrets forbidden!"

"The Underbody" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1949, and was described as follows: “A thing that was not a man, yet could not be anything else…”

"Tobermory" is a short story by British author, Saki. What if cats could speak?

"Murder Man" is a short story by Ewen Whyte. First published in the November 1949 edition of Weird Tales, the story was given the following synopsis: "The one perfect thing in an unbelievably imperfect life would be this perfect killing."

"Fire in the Galley Stove" is a horror story of the sea by the little-known author and captain, William Outerson. First appearing in the May 1937 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, the story tells of a terrible attack on the crew of the ship 'Unicorn'.

"The Human Chair" is a short story by Japanese author and critic Edogawa Ranpo. It was published in the October 1925 edition of the literature magazine Kuraku. Text translated by James B. Harris.