A second collection of classic works concerning items that harbour sinister secrets and unusual powers. Contents: "The Uncommon Prayer-Book" by M. R. James (London Mercury 1925) Eight unusual copies of the Book of Common Prayer. "The Green Flame" by Donald Wandrei (Weird Tales 1930) The tale of a strange jewel. "The Disinterment of Venus" by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales 1934) A curious statue unearthed in the grounds of a monastery. "The Man Who Made Faces" by C. P. Howard (HorrorBabble 2024) The tale of a man haunted by a past mistake. "The God with Four Arms" by H. T. W. Bousfield (1939) A man takes his frustrations out on a rare bronze idol. "The Ebony Frame" by Edith Nesbit (Longman's 1891) A beautiful and curiously carved picture frame. "The Meerschaum Pipe" by L. A. Lewis (Tales of the Grotesque 1934) A series of strange dreams and mysterious murders. "The Black Stone Statue" by M. E. Counselman (Weird Tales 1937) The story of a weird deception practised on the world by an obscure artist. "Out of the Aeons" by H. P. Lovecraft (Weird Tales 1935) A Boston museum that displays an ancient mummy recovered from a sunken island. "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James (Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary 1904) A strange engraving, with even stranger properties.
