Contains what August Derleth believed to be the best stories by Lovecraft. "in the Vault, " "Pickman's Model, " "The Rats in the Walls, " "The Outsider, " "The Colour Out of Space, " "The Music of Erich Zann, " "The Haunter of the Dark, " "The Picture in the House, " "The Call of the Cthulhu, " "The Dunwich Horror, " "Cool Air, " "The Whisperer in Darkness, " "The Terrible Old Man, " "The Thing on the Doorstep, " "The Shadow Over Innsmouth, " and "The Shadow Out of Time."