Containing: Nocturnal Meeting; Peabody Heritage; Witch's Vengeance; The Snake; Prince Borgia's Mass; Secret Worship; Devil Worshiper; Archives of the Dead; Mother of Serpents; and others.CONTENTSIntroduction (The Evil People) essay by Peter HainingThe Nocturnal Meeting (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) by William Harrison AinsworthThe Peabody Heritage by H. P. Lovecraft and August DerlethThe Witch's Vengeance by William B. SeabrookThe Snake by Dennis WheatleyPrince Borgia's Mass by August DerlethSecret Worship by Algernon BlackwoodThe Devil-Worshipper by Francis C. PrevotArchives of the Dead by Basil CopperMother of Serpents by Robert BlochThe Witch by Shirley JacksonCerimarie (variant of Voodoo) by Arthur J. BurksHomecoming by Ray BradburyNever Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe