An adolescent runaway considers enlisting to fight in World War II so that he can escape getting involved in the crimes happening around him.

When a teacher with the power to lock evil spirits into concrete forms accidentally manifests a spirit in the form of a nest of bees who see the teacher as their queen, she must use her status to protect her beloved students.

A young man gets wrapped up in the emotional exuberance of a religious celebration. In a daze, he visits a longtime friend and makes a frenzied proposition.

In an alternate America, white people allow demons to possess them in order to help them keep Black people out of their communities. A reporter researches a famous exorcist and activist, recording his last heroic act against a town full of demons.

A Black man survives a train crash that he caused, and thinks back on the mysterious stranger who revealed his true heritage to him: he is a shoggoth, a slave of the Elder Things, and in causing the crash he has set himself free.

A writer reflects on his mother’s incredible strength, which he depicts in a short story. However, his mother does not approve of the piece as he had hoped, and he soon makes an important discovery.