"The Man of Stone" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. Published in the October 1932 issue of Wonder Stories, it tells of two friends who go in search of several peculiarly life-like stone statues in the remote Adirondack Mountains of New York.

"The Demon of the Flower" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. First published in the December 1933 edition of Astounding Stories, the story tells of a desperate king's attempt to save his betrothed from an unusually macabre fate.

"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" is a short story by the little-known author, H. Sivia. First appearing in the October 1937 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled."

"The Man Who Lost His Head" is a short story by the English author, Thomas Burke, first published in the Blue Book Magazine, November 1935. "Something had happened which didn't happen; something out of nature; something against the sun."

"The Creeper in the Crypt" is a short story by American writer, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales in July 1937, the story tells of an unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham.

"The Shattered Timbrel" by American author Wallace J. Knapp, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1935. The story tells of a desperate scientist, whose experiments in resurrection yield unfortunate results…

"The Coming of the White Worm" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale, which was first published in the April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories, and sometimes includes the subtitle, "Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon", concerns the victim of a monstrous entity’s scourge, and his quest to unravel the secret of the beast.

"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. First published in National Amateur in its March 1922 edition, the story tells of a peculiar musician who occupies the attic room of an ancient house.