These are tales of horror grown from Mankind's ageless struggle between good and evil, which H.P. Lovecraft formed into his concept of the conflict between the Great Old Ones and the Ancient Ones - Hastur, Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep and other ghastly beings of the Cthulhu Mythos. August Derleth absorbed the power of Lovecraft's concept and in these stories captures the very essence of terrifying macabre dread, the palpable horror of cosmic evil perpetually poised to obliterate puny mankind...
1."Introduction"
2."The Return of Hastur"
3."The Whipporwills in the Hills"
4."Something in Wood"
5."The Sandwin Compact"
6."The House in the Valley"
7."The Seal of R'lyeh"
Cover Illustration: Bruce Pennington
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