Arthur Leo Zagat wrote some of the goriest stories ever written back in the 30s when times were bad for just about everybody. They became known as weird menace tales which, as a genre, reached its peak with Zagat. John Pelan tells you all about the man and his time in his introduction. The stories in this collection are: The Corpse Factory, Dime Mystery Magazine, Mary 1934 A Lodging in Hell, Horror Stories, February/March 1936 Death Lands a Cargo, Dime Mystery Magazine, October 1935 Death’s Mistress, Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1934 Madman’s Bride, Dime Mystery Magazine, January 1935 Satan’s Bedchamber, Dime Mystery Magazine, August 1936 Soft Blows the Breeze from Hell, Dime Mystery Magazine, December 1937 The Little Walking Corpses, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1934