Guarded by Mearle Prout

"August Heat" is a short story by British author, W. F. Harvey. The tale tells of two strangers, whose futures are, potentially, intertwined in the most terrible way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Scarlet Citadel" is a Conan the Cimmerian novelette by Robert E. Howard, first published in the January 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A shuddery story of weird monstrosities in the underground crypts of Tsotha-lanti the magician—a tale of eery powers and red battle." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Old Rambling House" was written by American writer, Frank Herbert, and first published in 1958. The story tells of the Grahams - all they wanted was a home they could call their own ... but what did the home want? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Inn by Doomsday Falls" is a short story by Allison V. Harding, first published in the November 1947 edition of Weird Tales. "A haunted inn, a cursed falls, and an evil being who should have been but dust in a grave centuries ago." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Guarded" by American author Mearle Prout, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March 1938. The story of a murder—and its unforeseen consequences—in the mountains of Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Sacrilege" is a short story by Wallace West, first published in Magazine of Horror in its June 1965 edition. "Let me explain: I am dead. Mather was dead, although not dead enough yet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Thing of Beauty" is a short story by Wallace West, first published in Magazine of Horror in its August 1963 edition. "Short, you see, was in charge of the brine vat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"John Lehmann Alone" is a short story by the American author, David Kaufman, first published in the Mid-December 1987 edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. "As floodwaters rise around a quiet rural community, an old farmer recalls the unsettling events that forever changed the lives of his closest friends." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Moonstone Mass" is a short story by Harriet Prescott Spofford, first appearing in Harper’s magazine in October 1868. The story describes an unnamed narrator’s attempt to cross the Northwest Passage, which, unsurprisingly, results in a series of unusual events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in the October 1927 edition of Weird Tales. "Unutterable monstrosities crept out from the crumbling walls of the cellars in an old New England city." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices