Генри Каттнер отечественному читателю известен в первую очередь как мастер иронического фантастического рассказа. Многим полюбились неподражаемые мутанты Хогбены, столь же гениальный, сколь и падкий на крепкие напитки изобретатель Гэллегер и многие другие герои, отчасти благодаря которым Золотой век американской фантастики, собственно, и стал «золотым». Но литературная судьба Каттнера складывалась совсем не линейно, он публиковался под многими псевдонимами в журналах самой разной тематической направленности. В этот сборник вошли произведения в жанрах мистика и хоррор, составляющие весомую часть его наследия. Даже самый первый рассказ Каттнера, увидевший свет, — «Кладбищенские крысы» — написа
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