- —Philbert Hooten
Appearing in "Bluebeard"
Featured Characters:
- Zeke "Bluebeard" Bates (Death)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed victims of Bluebeard
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Bluebeard"
A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. When he returns to the inn, the ghosts of his former victims are now able to seize his body as he is unaware that what he took for lightning and thunder was the bottle exploding in his hand and he is now a ghost.
Appearing in "Death Notice!"
Featured Characters:
- Daily Star
- Mack Maxon (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Chiller Quade
Antagonists:
- Mack Maxon's Victims
- Anton Ames (First appearance; dies)
- Judge Johnson (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Chief Witness (First appearance; dies)
- Numerous unnamed jurors (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Robert H. Edgerton
- Prunella van Snyde (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Heaven (Invoked)
Synopsis for "Death Notice!"
An obit writer who finds that he has the power to cause the deaths he writes about has the tables turned on him when the ghosts of his victims print an edition of the paper that says he dies in a train wreck.
Appearing in "They Called Her a Witch!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Man
Antagonists:
- Anna Nikhail
- Sonia Nikhail
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Anna Nikhail's Broom
Synopsis for "They Called Her a Witch!"
Peasants call an old woman a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right.
Appearing in "Doom Island"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Doom Island"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow"
Featured Characters:
- Philbert Hooten
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Philbert Hooten's Camera
Synopsis for "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow"
A man who invents a camera that can photograph the future is terrified when he sets it to a week in advance and produces a... blank photo.
Appearing in "Detour!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Motorist (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Ghost Watchman (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Original Watchman (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Heaven (Invoked)
Synopsis for "Detour!"
A man at a train crossing is killed and places a curse on motorists every year that one person must take his place.
Notes
- "Bluebeard" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #7.
- "Death Notice!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #7.
- "They Called Her a Witch!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #25.
- "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #7.
- "Detour!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #7.