The Flame of Midnight! It... It's real! 
- —Marty Sneed
Appearing in "I Can't Stop Running!"
Featured Characters:
- Marty Sneed
Antagonists:
- Jasper Kane
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Manager
- Unnamed Bellhop
- Unnamed Shoeshine
- Unnamed Paperboy
- Unnamed Bartender
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Flame of Midnight (Diamond)
Synopsis for "I Can't Stop Running!"
A diamond thief gets more than he bargains for when he seeks after the Flame of Midnight from Jasper Kane.
Appearing in "Love Affair"
Featured Characters:
- George Carew (First appearance; dies)
- Diana Ross
Supporting Characters:
- Mrs. Carew
Antagonists:
- Lew Ross
Other Characters:
- George Carew's Son
- George Carew's Daughter
- Mr. Haggerty (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Love Affair"
George Carew and his secretary, Diana Ross, enjoy an affair in a shared dream, but when Diana's convict husband, Lew Ross, is released from prison and follows the two of them, the shared dream becomes a nightmare as Lew shoots George dead. In reality, George's wife looks over to wake him while watching TV but screams as he slumps over with a bullet hole in his forehead.
Appearing in "The Spice of Life!"
Featured Characters:
- Ed Bean (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Smithers (Ed Bean's Chauffeur)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Stranger
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Bean
- Devil (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Birds
- Elephants (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Zombies (Only in flashback)
- Spiders
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Mount Everest (Only in flashback)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Europe (Only in flashback)
- Monaco (Only in flashback)
- Monte Carlo (Only in flashback)
- Monte Carlo Casino (Only in flashback)
- Monte Carlo (Only in flashback)
- Monaco (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Spice of Life!"
A rich man by the name of Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life boring even the act of murder. He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with an entertaining idea of something he hasn't done, and stranger answers the ad at his home unannounced. The Stranger has Ed meet him at a deserted building where Bean will get to try something he never has before his own death.
Appearing in "Point of View"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Point of View"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Blackmail!"
Other Characters:
- Henry Travis (Banker)
- Sanders (Death)
- Ella Travis (Henry's Wife)
Synopsis for "Blackmail!"
A man gets rid of a elderly blackmailer by putting peppermint candies in his drink and telling him it was arsenic and letting fear go to work on the old man's heart.
Appearing in "Hang Until Dead!"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Hang Until Dead!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- "I Can't Stop Running!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #9.
- "Love Affair" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #16.
- "The Spice of Life!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #24.
- "Blackmail!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing #3.