There are places beyond human understanding, where ancient beings stir, impossible geometries hide, and forbidden knowledge comes at a terrible price. From haunted lakes and blighted forests to extra-dimensional horrors and the infamous Witch House of Arkham, these seven tales explore the terrifying insignificance of mankind before the unknown.Contents:"The Spirits of the Lake" by Alonzo Deen ColeWas it at the bidding of the 'Old Ones' that slime—loathsome, hideousl...

Bertram Russell’s The Scourge of B’Moth, first published in the May 1929 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, is a Cthulhu Mythos novelette—a tale of encroaching dread, in which the civilized world finds itself stalked by something ancient, primal, and hideously patient. What begins as a puzzling psychiatric case soon unfolds into a vision of cosmic and biological terror: a malign force rising from the depths, insinuating itself into the minds of men, and calling all life backward—awa...