WELSH RAREBIT TALES is purportedly a collection of "gastronomic nightmares" written by a gaggle of more or less professional writers who got together to write stories and sample each others cooking. Food aside, their literary output was consistently good and compelling and modern scholar/author Richard A. Lupoff tells you more in his introduction to this 110-year old work by the mysterious Harle Oren Cummins.

Contents
The man who made a man -- In the lower passage -- The fool and his joke -- The man and the beast -- At the end of the road -- The space annihalator -- A question of honor -- The wine of Pantinelli -- The strangest freak -- The false prophet -- A study in psychology -- The painted lady and the boy -- The palace of sin -- The man who was not afraid -- The story the doctor told.