THE TREE was first published in the October 1921 edition of The Tryout. The story takes place in ancient Greece, where the legacy of two master sculptors takes root in a grotesque and supernatural form.

THE RED GOD LAUGHED is a short Cosmic Horror story by Thorp McClusky, first published in the April 1939 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange tale about the end of human life on Earth."

THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH is a Dream Cycle story, first published in The Scot in June 1920. "A mighty and prosperous city that once annihilated an ancient lake-dwelling race rises to unparalleled splendour, only to confront the long-forgotten consequences of its sacrilege a thousand years later."

COOL AIR was first published in the March 1928 issue of TALES OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY. The story tells of a doctor with a peculiar affliction.

THE UNNAMABLE was first published in the July 1925 edition of Weird Tales. In the story, the antiquarian Randolph Carter tells a close friend the tale of an indescribable entity that allegedly haunts a dilapidated house near an old cemetery.

BELLS OF HORROR is a story by American author, Henry Kuttner, first published in Strange Stories in April 1939, under the pseudonym, Keith Hammond. "The discovery of ancient, lost bells in the remote mountains of California, results in a disturbing, and potentially deadly revelation."

DEVILSKILL is a 2024 Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Aaron Vlek, first published as part of the HorrorBabble anthology, From the Library of R'lyeh. "Of that desolate coast and my ancestral village of Devilskill overlooking the sea, many troubling details emerged that hinted at vague warnings and allusions to unnamed horrors."

Aaron Vlek: https://aaronvlek.wordpress.com

First published in Weird Tales in its August 1931 issue, THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS follows an exchange of letters between a sceptical writer and a reclusive scholar in rural Vermont, where reports of strange creatures have surfaced after devastating floods.

THE FIRE OF ASSHURBANIPAL is a short story by American author, Robert E. Howard. In a lost city in the deserts of the Middle East, two unlikely adventurers hunt for a rare gem.

THE GRINNING GHOUL is a short story by the American author, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales back in June of 1936, the story was described as follows: “A story of stark horror in the subterranean depths beneath the tomb.”

Artwork by David Last: davidlast.net