"The Early Fears' brings together for the first time all of the stories from his first two short stories collections, both long out-of-print, plus three previously uncollected stories - 39 stories in all. Included are such classics as 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper,' 'Enoch,' 'The Opener of the Way,' and the Hugo Award winning 'That Hell-Bound Train.' 3 • The Cloak • (1939) 18 • Beetles • (1938) 30 • The Fiddler's Fee • (1940) 49 • The Mannikin • (1937) 64 • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton • (1939) 73 • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • (1943) 90 • The Seal of the Satyr • (1939) 103 • The Dark Demon • (1936) 113 • The Faceless God • (1936) 127 • House of the Hatchet • (1941) 145 • The Opener of the Way • (1936) 157 • Return to the Sabbath • (1938) 172 • The Mandarin's Canaries • (1938) 183 • Waxworks • (1939) 205 • The Feast in the Abbey • (1935) 212 • Slave of the Flames • (1938) 230 • The Shambler from the Stars • (1935) 240 • Mother of Serpents • (1936) 248 • The Secret of Sebek • (1937) 264 • The Eyes of the Mummy • (1938) 278 • One Way to Mars • (1945) 287 • Sweets to the Sweet • (1947) 295 • The Dream-Makers • (1953) 321 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • (1949) 332 • I Kiss Your Shadow— • (1956) 350 • Mr. Steinway • (1954) 363 • The Proper Spirit • (1957) 370 • Catnip • (1948) 382 • The Cheaters • (1947) 400 • Hungarian Rhapsody • (1958) 409 • The Light-House • (1953) 423 • The Hungry House • (1951) 441 • Sleeping Beauty • (1958) 453 • Sweet Sixteen • (1958) 471 • That Hell-Bound Train • (1958) 485 • Enoch • (1946) 498 • The Bedposts of Life • (1991) 504 • The Grab Bag • (1991) 512 • The Creative Urge • (1991)