The story is set in Providence, Rhode Island, which is author H. P. Lovecraft's hometown and a common setting in his books. Robert Blake, a young man with an interest in the occult, becomes fascinated by a disused church in Federal Hill. His research reveals that the church has a sinister history involving a cult called the Church of Starry Wisdom and is dreaded by the local inhabitants as being haunted by a primeval evil.

Adapted are: The Haunter of The Dark and Dagon.