About this Collection
The fourth volume of the 2008 House of Mystery series collects issues #19-25, continuing the supernatural anthology format with a framing story set in a mysterious bar. This arc, titled 'The Beauty of Decay,' explores the aftermath of the bar's destruction and the characters' search for a new home, with John Constantine making a guest appearance. The collection features stories by writers Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham, with art by various contributors including Luca Rossi and David Petersen.
Contains 15 stories
Entropy / Part One of the Beauty of Decay
12 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Ann PrestonPeter KeeleCress [Cressida]PoetAlgernon WellsGenevieve MontaigneRod CannonAdministrator CeorelHouse of MysteryCain
The Hounds of Titus Roan
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
DavidBettyArthurHounds of Titus Roan
Poetics / Part Two of The Beauty of Decay
12 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Ann PrestonPeter KeeleCress [Cressida]Poet [Eduard St. Germaine] (death)Algernon WellsGenevieve MontaigneRod Cannon (death)House of MysteryChloe
Mise-en-Scene
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
Eduard St. Germaine [Poet] (origin)Chloe (death)Chloe's father (first appearancedeath)Lord Arthur
Academics / Part Three of The Beauty of Decay
17 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Algernon WellsPeter KeeleCress [Cressida]Genevieve MontaigneTursigSimonJordan MayerPoet [Eduard St. Germaine] (corpse)Administrator CeorelHouse of MysteryCain
The Tale of Brutus the Bold
5 pp · Horror-Suspense
BrutusAmorata
Convergence / Part Four of The Beauty of Decay
15 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Ann PrestonMr. OverhillAlgernon WellsPeter KeeleCress [Cressida]Genevieve MontaigneTursigSimonJordan MayerAdministrator CeorelHouse of MysteryCainChloe
House and Home
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
CainAbelThe Conception
Elegies / Part Five of The Beauty of Decay
14 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Ann PrestonMr. OverhillAlgernon WellsPeter KeeleCress [Cressida]Genevieve MontaigneTursigSimon (death)Jordan MayerAdministrator Ceorel (death)House of MysteryCainThe ConceptionChloePeter Keele's Grandfather
Spellbound
9 pp · Horror-Suspense
JonathanMary
Do You See What I See?
11 pp · Horror-Suspense
Harry BaileyFig [Bethany Keele]Ann PrestonMr. OverhillCress [Cressida]Poet [Eduard St. Germaine]Jordan MayerRod CannonSimonTursigChesterMack
High Spirits
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
Merv Pumpkinhead
Letter from a Suicide
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
Phil (death)Julian
An I, Zombie! Story
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
Gwen Dylan (first appearancea zombie)
Captive Audience
7 pp · Fantasy
Madame XanaduSadie [Meredith Luntz]FitzLashondaHiramEddie
