Bird-shop owner crossbreeds a vulture and a vampire bat, creating a "vulbat." It attacks her with unfortunate consequences.; Trapped coal miners become zombie slaves of "the monster of the mines."; An aspiring but unsuccessful matador comes back from the grave to seek revenge against his tormentors.; A woman seeks her missing brother in Hawaii, but finds a scientist who has created a dangerous form of protoplasmic life.; "This story began back in 1913 when one of America's wealthiest faninciers..." A banker escapes a car accident when hearing the tune of a song he knows from his past.; "In 1924, a young American artist, Peter Renner, was hard at work in his Paris garett studio..." The ghost of a painter appears in the room of another painter and paints him a pretty picture.