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• ii • Foreword (Writer of the Dark) • (1986) • essay by Thomas Kovacs
• iv • Introduction (Writer of the Dark) • (1986) • essay by Glenn Lord
• vi •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa 1930 ("Salaam: / I could have gone with you...") • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • (1986) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 ("Salaam: / I could have gone with you for dinner...") 1989)
• 1 • Skulls • (1984) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 2 • Ghost Dancers • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 4 • Long Ago • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 5 • Tiger Girl • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • Let the Gods Die • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 7 • Swamp Murder • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • The Cooling of Spike McRue • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 10 • A Legend • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • The Song of the Gallows Tree • (1980) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • Song Before Clontarf • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • The Ghost with the Silk Hat • [Steve Bender] • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • Graveyard Rats • [Steve Harrison] • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 91 • Teeth of Doom • [Steve Harrison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Tomb's Secret) [as by Patrick Ervin]
• 115 • The Mark of a Bloody Hand • (1986) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 124 • Spears of Clontarf • non-genre • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1978) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 161 • A Gent from the Pecos • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard