Occult detectivessometimes called psychic investigatorshave been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collectionFitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. Heron, plus 20th Century stories by Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, and many more round out the book...29 classic tales in all!
Included are:
- THE POT OF TULIPS, by Fitz-James O'Brien
- WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien
- THE HAUNTED SHANTY, by Bayard Taylor
- Dr. Martin Hesselius in "GREEN TEA," by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- MR JUSTICE HARBOTTLE, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- THE UNINHABITED HOUSE, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell
- THE PHANTOM HEARSE, by Mary Fortune
- AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPIRE, by Alice and Claude Askew
- THE DOOR INTO INFINITY, by Edmond Hamilton
- Carnacki in "THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER," by William Hope Hodgson
- Carnacki in "THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS," by William Hope Hodgson
- Carnacki in "THE WHISTLING ROOM," by William Hope Hodgson
- Carnacki in "THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson
- Carnacki in "THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE," by William Hope Hodgson
- Carnacki in "THE THING INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SADDLER'S CROFT," by E. and H. Heron
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF BAELBROW," by E. and H. Heron
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF THE SPANIARDS, HAMMERSMITH," by E. and H. Heron
- Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SEVENS HALL," by E. and H. Heron
- Steve Harrison in "FANGS OF GOLD," by Robert E. Howard
- Steve Harrison in "THE TOMB'S SECRET," by Robert E. Howard
- Steve Harrison in "NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK," by Robert E. Howard
- Steve Harrison in "GRAVEYARD RATS," by Robert E. Howard
- THE HALF-HAUNTED, by Manly Wade Wellman
- Jules de Grandin in "THE JEST OF WARBURG TANTAVUL," by Seabury Quinn
- Jules de Grandin in "PLEDGED TO THE DEAD," by Seabury Quinn
- Jules de Grandin in "INCENSE OF ABOMINATION," by Seabury Quinn