Contents • Introduction (Tales of the Dark #3) •(1988) • essay by Lincoln Child • An Episode of Cathedral History •(1914) • short story by M. R. James • Caterpillars •(1912) • short story by E. F. Benson • A : B : O. •(1896) • novelette by Walter de la Mare • The Red Lodge •(1928) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield • The Shadow Over Innsmouth • [Cthulhu Mythos] •(1936) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft • The Grey Ones •(1953) • short story by J. B. Priestley • The Curse of Yig •(1929) • short story by Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Zealia Brown Reed Bishop ] • Sweets to the Sweet •(1947) • short story by Robert Bloch • Call First •(1975) • short story by Ramsey Campbell • A Note on the Authors (Tales of the Dark #3) •(1988) • essay by Lincoln Child