Pat Olliffe Kolchak's gaining popularity sends him to Seattle, to New Orleans, even to Egypt. But who or what has set up our downtrodden reporter's lucky streak - and what sends him headlong into his downward spiral? This collection pits Kolchak against plant monsters, a man-eating shadow, gremlins, Sasquatch, a mummified vampire, Bloody Mary, and even a beautifully seductive demon from Hell. How much horror, and tragedy, can one man take?