Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Introduction: Poison! • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 5 • The Chicken Soup Kid • (1984) • short fiction by Edward D. Hoch [as by R. L. Stevens]
• 12 • The Case of the Shaggy Caps • (1977) • short fiction by Ruth Rendell
• 41 • Poison a la Carte • (1960) • short fiction by Rex Stout
• 99 • Garden of Evil • (1973) • short story by Carol Cail
• 109 • The Specialty of the House • (1948) • novelette by Stanley Ellin
• 130 • Lamb to the Slaughter • non-genre • (1953) • short story by Roald Dahl
• 141 • When No Man Pursueth • [Black Widowers] • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 159 • The Two Bottles of Relish • non-genre • (1932) • short story by Lord Dunsany (variant of Two Bottles of Relish)
• 173 • The Theft of the Used Tea Bag • (1982) • short fiction by Edward D. Hoch
• 192 • The Refugees • (1929) • short fiction by T. S. Stribling
• 228 • Recipe for a Happy Marriage • (1971) • short story by Nedra Tyre
• 265 • The Norwegian Apple Mystery • (1961) • short fiction by James Holding
• 281 • Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor • (1971) • short fiction by John Creasey [as by J. J. Marric]
• 288 • The Same Old Grind • (1978) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 294 • Dogsbody • (1976) • short fiction by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.