Both of these stories have cool titles. I guess when you have a badass* name like Manly Wade Wellman that just comes naturally.
The Golgotha Dancers is an ok weird tale, but the ending was a little weak. I prefer These Doth the Lord Hate.
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
I think a story about the destruction of something innocent is often times more horrifying than the scariest Stephen King monster or the freakiest body horror gorefest. Who needs Cthulhu when you can read about someone irrevocably damaging their soul with a single deed or a simple word?
*Badass names. Manly Wade Wellman makes it into the top 5, imo. It's a name for a guy who feuds with the Iron Sheikh and drinks with Handsome Dick Manitoba. It's a name for a guy who went 15 rounds with a grizzly bear in a bare knuckle boxing match in a lumber camp outside of Saskatchewan back in '42.
*Top 5 Badass names:
1: Malachi Throne
2: Thulsa Doom
3: Thurl Ravenscroft
4: Manly Wade Wellman
5: Deathstroke the Terminator
P.S. The HPLHS is awesome.