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THE EYRIE 6

L'AFFAIRE VERENEKIN - David Eynon 9

The colonel had a theory—that the beauty of dying young is that one doesn't have to face one's mistakes.

THE HOUSE IN THE VALLEY (A novelette) - August Derleth 12

It is not commonly believed that the mind can duplicate in a dream state any experience which is utterly alien to it; this I had done.

HOUSE OF LIFE (Verse) - Dorothy Quick 29

SLAUGHTER HOUSE (A novelette) - Richard Matheson 30

There had been rumors of ghosts about the old place, but neither of the brothers could credit that sort of thing.

THE SOURCE OF IT - Glen Malin 51

''If only I knew the source of this evil on earth. It has spread malignantly to nearly all the people and is fishing for me at this very moment''

THE MISSING ROOM - Lyn Venable 58

Just like any other young couple looking over a house they'd love to own; how could they know it encompassed a secret room?

ON THE ELEVATOR - Joseph Payne Brennan 62

''The storm-tossed waves beat against the boardwalk and the very foundations of the hotel itself. Was it they that churned up a secret long meant to lie buried at sea?''

DREAD SUMMONS - Paul Ernst 67

The old butler heard a scream; but it was muffled by street noises outside the deserted and ghostly old house.

THE SEA WITCH (A novelette) - Nictzin Dyalis 73

 One and all they turned their dead eyes on me with a curious fixity.

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