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• ix • Introduction (Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre) • essay by Les Daniels
• 1 • Washington Irving • essay by Les Daniels
• 2 • The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
• 5 •  The Adventure of the German Student • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 7 • Edgar Allan Poe • essay by Les Daniels
• 8 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• 11 •  The Masque of the Red Death • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 13 • Nathaniel Hawthorne • essay by Les Daniels
• 14 • Ethan Brand • (1874) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of Ethan Brand: A Chapter from an Abortive Romance 1850)
• 21 •  Ethan Brand • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 25 • J. Sheridan Le Fanu • essay by Les Daniels
• 26 • Squire Toby's Will • (1868) • novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 43 •  Squire Toby's Will • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 45 • F. Marion Crawford • essay by Les Daniels
• 46 • The Upper Berth • (1885) • novelette by F. Marion Crawford
• 58 •  The Upper Berth • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 61 • M. R. James • essay by Les Daniels
• 62 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
• 65 •  Lost Hearts • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 69 • Arthur Machen • essay by Les Daniels
• 70 • History of the Young Man with Spectacles • (1895) • short story by Arthur Machen
• 77 •  History of the Young Man With Spectacles • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 79 • Robert W. Chambers • essay by Les Daniels
• 80 • The Yellow Sign • [King in Yellow (Chambers)] • (1895) • novelette by Robert W. Chambers
• 85 •  The Yellow Sign • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 93 • H. G. Wells • essay by Les Daniels
• 94 • The Red Room • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 96 •  The Red Room • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 101 • Ambrose Bierce • essay by Les Daniels
• 102 • Oil of Dog • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 104 •  Oil of Dog • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 107 • Algernon Blackwood • essay by Les Daniels
• 108 • The Willows • (1907) • novella by Algernon Blackwood
• 135 •  The Willows • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 137 • William Hope Hodgson • essay by Les Daniels
• 138 • The Voice in the Night • (1907) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
• 145 •  The Voice in the Night • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 147 • W. F. Harvey • essay by Les Daniels
• 148 • August Heat • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey [as by W. F. Harvey]
• 149 •  August Heat • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 153 • Lord Dunsany • essay by Les Daniels
• 154 • The Exiles' Club • (1915) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 156 •  The Exiles' Club • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 159 • H. P. Lovecraft • essay by Les Daniels
• 160 • The Call of Cthulhu • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 176 •  The Call of Cthulhu • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 179 • Frank Belknap Long • essay by Les Daniels
• 180 • A Visitor from Egypt • (1930) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 181 •  A Visitor from Egypt • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 189 • Henry Kuttner • essay by Les Daniels
• 190 • The Graveyard Rats • (1936) • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 193 •  The Graveyard Rats • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 197 • John Collier • essay by Les Daniels
• 198 • Rope Enough • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• 199 •  Rope Enough • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 203 • Anthony Boucher • essay by Les Daniels
• 204 • They Bite • (1943) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 210 •  They Bite • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 213 • Robert Bloch • essay by Les Daniels
• 214 • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • (1943) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 217 •  Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 227 • Ray Bradbury • essay by Les Daniels
• 228 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
• 230 •  Homecoming • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 239 • Carter Dickson • essay by Les Daniels
• 240 • The House in Goblin Wood • non-genre • (1947) • novelette by John Dickson Carr [as by Carter Dickson]
• 247 •  The House in Goblin Wood • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 255 • Fritz Leiber • essay by Les Daniels
• 256 • The Man Who Never Grew Young • (1947) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 258 •  The Man Who Never Grew Young • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 263 • Richard Matheson • essay by Les Daniels
• 264 • Born of Man and Woman • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 265 •  Born of Man and Woman • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 267 • Joseph Payne Brennan • essay by Les Daniels
• 268 • Levitation • (1958) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 269 •  Levitation • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye