Following the success of the 1996 illustrated novel Hellboy: The Lost Army, Dark Horse commissioned writer Christopher Golden to gather some of the brightest creative lights in horror and mystery fiction--Brian Hodge, Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy A. Collins, Greg Rucka, Chet Williamson, legendary horror/humor cartoonist Gahan Wilson, and many more--to produce a prose anthology of Hellboy short stories, presenting original tales of the world's--and Hell's--greatest paranormal investigator. Illustrated by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.