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• 13 • Introduction (The Devil's Wine) • essay by Tom Piccirilli
• 15 •  Stephen King • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 17 • The Dark Man • (1969) • poem by Stephen King
• 19 • Donovan's Brain • (1970) • poem by Stephen King
• 20 • The Hardcase Speaks • (1971) • poem by Stephen King
• 23 • Harrison State Park '68 • (1968) • poem by Stephen King
• 26 • Silence • (1970) • poem by Stephen King
• 27 • In the key-chords of dawn... • (1971) • poem by Stephen King
• 29 •  Ray Bradbury • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 31 • The Boys Across the Street Are Driving My Young Daughter Mad • (1973) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 33 • The Thing That Goes by Night: The Self That Lazes Sun • (1973) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 34 • The Past Is the Only Dead Thing That Smells Sweet • (1981) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 35 • The Other Me • (1987) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 37 • No More Cameras, No More Ghosts • (1987) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 38 • I Have Endured Much to Reach this Place • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 42 •  Peter Straub • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 43 • Facing Land's End • poem by Peter Straub
• 44 • Reading the Well • poem by Peter Straub
• 45 • A Triple-Decker Novel • poem by Peter Straub
• 46 • From the Heian Court • poem by Peter Straub
• 47 • Coming to Rest • poem by Peter Straub
• 48 • Photographic Plate • poem by Peter Straub
• 50 • Withstanding, Saving, Moving • poem by Peter Straub
• 52 • Text • poem by Peter Straub
• 55 •  Graham Masterton • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 57 • Marriage • poem by Graham Masterton
• 59 • Gauguin • poem by Graham Masterton
• 60 • Wooden Bread • poem by Graham Masterton
• 61 • Les Professeurs • poem by Graham Masterton
• 65 • Sunday Prayer Meeting • poem by Graham Masterton
• 70 • A Farewell to Ireland • poem by Graham Masterton
• 72 • Lot's Wife • poem by Graham Masterton
• 75 • System Speed • poem by Graham Masterton
• 77 •  Charles de Lint • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 79 • 19 Haiku • poem by Charles de Lint
• 83 • Puppet • poem by Charles de Lint
• 83 • Arabesque • poem by Charles de Lint
• 85 • Words • poem by Charles de Lint
• 86 • for Lisa, from Suki • poem by Charles de Lint
• 88 • Cherokee Girl • poem by Charles de Lint
• 90 • Medicine Road • poem by Charles de Lint
• 92 • Tower & Bear • (1994) • poem by Charles de Lint
• 97 •  Jack Ketchum • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 99 • two ku • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 100 • 11/11/87 • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 101 • Poetic • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 102 • 7/69 • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 103 • Arthur • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 104 • Sleeping Woman • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 105 • Christmas Day, 1969 • (2000) • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 106 • Bethel, New York, August 16, 1969 • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 107 • Hoboe • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 108 • Johnnie Mack Brown • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 109 • 4/11/02 • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 110 • Beast • poem by Jack Ketchum
• 111 •  Joe Haldeman • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 113 • Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh • (1990) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 114 • Saul's Death • (1983) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 117 • The Orion Nebula - Mother of Stars • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 118 • Pairs • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 119 • Adventures in Space and Time • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 120 • Duet for Tenor and Vehicle • (1997) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 121 • Catastrophe Theory • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 122 • Audience Participation • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 123 • The Only Way • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 124 • The Number of the Man • (1991) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 125 • Literary Cubism Saves the Universe • (1995) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 129 • Her Chimpanion • (2001) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 131 • To a Chimp Held Captive for Purposes of Research • (1985) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 135 • Philip K. Dick is dead, a lass • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 137 • Between Classes • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 138 • Planetarium • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 139 • Come to My House for Chili: A Rant • poem by Michael Bishop
• 141 • Dead Poet Parable • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 143 • A Meeting • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 144 • The Hornet • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 145 • Five Owl Poems from A Novel By Michael Bishop • poem by Michael Bishop
• 151 •  Jack Cady • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 153 • Handprings • poem by Jack Cady
• 156 • The Salt Lake Papas • poem by Jack Cady
• 157 • Love Poem 25 words or less • poem by Jack Cady
• 158 • Love Poem for C. • poem by Jack Cady
• 159 • Joseph Conrad • poem by Jack Cady
• 160 • Love Poem for the ex • poem by Jack Cady
• 161 • Cocktail Party • poem by Jack Cady
• 163 • We Visit Mount Rainier • poem by Jack Cady
• 165 • One More (^#&*(*) Rejection Slip • poem by Jack Cady
• 166 • Love Poem for C • poem by Jack Cady
• 167 •  Steve Rasnic Tem • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 169 • Poe's Grave • (1995) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 170 • The Adoptions • (1990) • short fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 171 • Nocturne • (1989) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 173 • What Happens at Night • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 174 • The Dead Who Do Not Sleep Under Green Street • (1995) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 175 • What Must Not Happen • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 176 • All Used Up • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 177 • The Window • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 178 • The Colors of Dark • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 179 • This Is the Last Time I'm Telling the Truth • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 181 •  Melanie Tem • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 183 • Primordial Haiku • poem by Melanie Tem
• 184 • Uncommon Name • poem by Melanie Tem
• 187 • The Car • poem by Melanie Tem
• 189 • The Day I Rode Go-Carts with My Son • poem by Melanie Tem
• 191 • Taking Nourishment • poem by Melanie Tem
• 193 • Dinner Conversations • poem by Melanie Tem
• 194 • Certain Light • poem by Melanie Tem
• 195 • Cacodemon • poem by Melanie Tem
• 197 • Woman Wailing • poem by Melanie Tem
• 198 • Silent Letter • poem by Melanie Tem
• 199 • Seeing You Whole • poem by Melanie Tem
• 201 •  Peter Crowther • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 203 • Tonnebrugh • poem by Peter Crowther
• 206 • Dear Diary • poem by Peter Crowther
• 207 • Downer • poem by Peter Crowther
• 208 • Other Trains • (1994) • poem by Peter Crowther
• 210 • Beyond the Window • (1994) • poem by Peter Crowther
• 212 • The Places Where the Slingfang Grows • poem by Peter Crowther
• 213 • The Nine-to-Five Spaceman • poem by Peter Crowther
• 214 • Conversation • poem by Peter Crowther
• 216 • Memories • poem by Peter Crowther
• 217 • The City • (1995) • poem by Peter Crowther
• 218 • Outside • (1999) • poem by Peter Crowther
• 219 • Where the Heart Is • (1999) • poem by Peter Crowther
• 220 • Carol, We Need to Talk • poem by Peter Crowther
• 221 • In Mendaala, with the Rains • poem by Peter Crowther
• 223 •  T. M. Wright • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 225 • The Morning of Departure • poem by T. M. Wright
• 227 • More Middle-Age Craziness • (unknown) • poem by T. M. Wright
• 228 • The Music of the Night • poem by T. M. Wright
• 229 • Mr. Death • poem by T. M. Wright
• 232 • 2035-Redux • poem by T. M. Wright
• 233 • Weldon Kees • poem by T. M. Wright
• 235 • Sunsets in 1962 • poem by T. M. Wright
• 237 • The Sign at Vera's Restaurant • poem by T. M. Wright
• 241 • Only Two Legs and No Silk • poem by T. M. Wright
• 242 • Lost at 2:00 AM • poem by T. M. Wright
• 243 • Breakdown • poem by T. M. Wright
• 245 •  Brian Hodge • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 247 • Communion • poem by Brian Hodge
• 248 • Ex Utero • poem by Brian Hodge
• 250 • Generation Z • poem by Brian Hodge
• 252 • Six Flags Over Jesus • poem by Brian Hodge
• 253 • With a Lover to Be Designated Later • poem by Brian Hodge
• 254 • One More Path Not Taken • poem by Brian Hodge
• 256 • Sunrise, Dressed for Dusk • poem by Brian Hodge
• 257 • Long After the Sun Has Set on Salvador • poem by Brian Hodge
• 258 • Black Sheep Blues • poem by Brian Hodge
• 259 •  Edward Lee • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 261 • Exit (1991) • poem by Edward Lee
• 262 • Secret • poem by Edward Lee
• 263 • Edit Number Fifty-Two • poem by Edward Lee
• 264 • Unknown Female Horror Writer on Dance Floor • poem by Edward Lee
• 265 • R.I.P. • poem by Edward Lee
• 266 • Glyphic • poem by Edward Lee
• 267 • Porn Loop • poem by Edward Lee
• 268 • Existential Bolide Meteors • poem by Edward Lee
• 269 • Four Female Voices in an Empty Room • poem by Edward Lee
• 270 • Edit from May Fifth at Three Thirty-Seven A.M. • poem by Edward Lee
• 271 • Edit Number Twelve (1989) • poem by Edward Lee
• 272 • The Head • (1993) • poem by Edward Lee
• 273 • Exit (1990) • poem by Edward Lee
• 274 • Number Nine One Four • poem by Edward Lee
• 275 • Slstice • poem by Edward Lee
• 276 • The Goddess of the New Dark Age • (1992) • short story by Edward Lee
• 277 • Abstraction Number Two • poem by Edward Lee
• 279 •  Elizabeth Massie • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 281 • East Side Morning, 1896 • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 282 • Cat, Perturbed • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 284 • For the Holidays • (1990) • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 285 • Frozen Orchard • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 286 • Stinky Square Eyes • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 287 • Hike • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 288 • Sluggish Synapse Blues • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 289 • Tryptic o' Terror • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 290 • Virginia Town, 1963 • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 292 • Wal-Martin' • poem by Elizabeth Massie
• 295 • Jay Bonansinga • poem by Caniglia
• 297 • Fragment X • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 299 • Horror Is Dead, Long Live Horror • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 300 • Nocturen for the Lady in the Green Hat (Hopper's Chop Suey Restaurant) • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 302 • Meditation on Evil #213 • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 304 • Ode to the Earth and My Wife • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 305 • The Razor in the Apple • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 306 • Clothed in the Moon • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 308 • Hair Cut • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 310 • My Boys • poem by Jay Bonansinga
• 311 •  Tamara Thorne • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 313 • Jugular Vine • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 315 • Hot Burger Love • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 316 • The Haunted Grave • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 318 • La Purisma • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 319 • Haiku'se Me • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 321 • Pet Haikus • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 322 • The Three Evils • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 323 • The Boardwalk at Candle Bay • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 325 • The Pharmacist's Lament • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 327 • Toasting Harlan Ellison • poem by Tamara Thorne
• 329 •  Tom Piccirilli • interior artwork by Caniglia
• 331 • When You Look Down to Find Yourself Going But Not Yet Gone • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 333 • How to Make It Through a Friday Night Without Biting Your Tongue in Two • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 335 • Jones Beach, Thirty Years After the Last Sand Castle • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 337 • The Toll of Your Personal Evil Troll • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 339 • Nunzio, Sixty Years Dead, Lying at My Side, Staring • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 340 • Concern • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 341 • How to Perform Heart Surgery with Someone Else's Gaze • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 342 • Why I Can't Stand Behind Some People, and Why You Ought to Be Scared About It • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 344 • One for the Worm • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 345 • What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 346 • The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 347 • My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 348 • Staring Into a Bitter Face I've Seen Before • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 349 • Sylvia • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 350 • Poised on the Division Bridge • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 351 • Sunday, While the Sauce Simmers • (2000) • poem by Tom Piccirilli