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• ix • Introduction (Burning Your Boats) • (1995) • essay by Salman Rushdie
• 3 • The Man Who Loved a Double Bass • (1962) • short story by Angela Carter
• 11 • A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home • (1965) • short story by Angela Carter
• 16 • A Victorian Fable (With Glossary) • (1966) • short story by Angela Carter
• 27 • A Souvenir of Japan • non-genre • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 35 • The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 41 • The Loves of Lady Purple • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 52 • The Smile of Winter • non-genre • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 58 • Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 68 • Flesh and the Mirror • non-genre • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 75 • Master • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 81 • Reflections • (1974) • novelette by Angela Carter
• 96 • Elegy for a Freelance • non-genre • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 111 • The Bloody Chamber • (1979) • novelette by Angela Carter
• 144 • The Courtship of Mr. Lyon • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 154 • The Tiger's Bride • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 170 • Puss-in-Boots • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 186 • The Erl-King • (1987) • short story by Angela Carter (variant of The Erlking 1977)
• 193 • The Snow Child • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 195 • The Lady of the House of Love • (1975) • short story by Angela Carter
• 210 • The Werewolf • (1977) • short story by Angela Carter
• 212 • The Company of Wolves • (1977) • short story by Angela Carter
• 221 • Wolf Alice • (1978) • short story by Angela Carter
• 231 • Black Venus • (1980) • short story by Angela Carter
• 245 • The Kiss • (1977) • short story by Angela Carter
• 248 • Our Lady of the Massacre • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 248 • The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe • (1982) • short story by Angela Carter
• 262 • Overture and Incidental Music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" • [A Midsummer Night's Dream] • (1982) • short story by Angela Carter
• 284 • Peter and the Wolf • (1982) • short story by Angela Carter
• 292 • The Kitchen Child • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 300 • The Fall River Axe Murders • (1981) • short story by Angela Carter
• 321 • Lizzie's Tiger • (1991) • short story by Angela Carter
• 332 • John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" • (1988) • novelette by Angela Carter
• 349 • Gun for the Devil • (1993) • novelette by Angela Carter
• 363 • The Merchant of Shadows • (1989) • novelette by Angela Carter
• 376 • The Ghost Ships • (1993) • short story by Angela Carter
• 382 • In Pantoland • (1991) • short story by Angela Carter
• 390 • Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost • (1994) • short story by Angela Carter (variant of Ashputtle: or, The Mother's Ghost 1987)
• 397 • Alice in Prague or The Curious Room • (1990) • short story by Angela Carter
• 409 • Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene • (1992) • essay by Angela Carter
• 417 • The Scarlet House • (1977) • short story by Angela Carter
• 429 • The Snow Pavilion • (1995) • short story by Angela Carter
• 444 • The Quilt Maker • (1981) • short story by Angela Carter
• 459 • Afterword (Fireworks) • (1974) • essay by Angela Carter