Latter-day folk tales of tragic romance and black comedy, with supernatural twists. Illustrated throughout by the author.

A beguiling fortune-hunter pursued by a sinister figure from the depths of the sea...

A desperate man saved from drowning who cannot be saved from himself...

A mysterious foundling whose heart is lost beneath the waves...

A couple enslaved by the tyranny of their own love...

—And a cunning beauty whose wiles invoke a terrible supernatural retribution.