The 18 stories in this second volume are from Chambers' collections The King in Yellow, The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice, and The Tree of Heaven. The stories range from light humorous fantasies, with an emphasis on romantic supernatural tales, to the darkly weird (as in the well-known stories from The King in Yellow).
The stories included in this volume are:
- The Repairer of Reputations
- The Mask
- In the Court of the Dragon
- The Yellow Sign
- The Demoiselle d’Ys
- The Maker of Moons
- A Pleasant Evening
- The Purple Emperor
- Pompe Funèbre
- The Messenger
- White Shadow
- Passeur
- The Key to Grief
- The Sign of Venus
- The Case of Mr. Helmer
- The Bridal Pair
- Out of the Depths
- The Swastika