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• 2 •  Dark Imaginings (frontispiece) • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 13 • Introduction (Dark Imaginings) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 21 • George MacDonald (1824-1905) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 23 • Cross Purposes • (1862) • novelette by George MacDonald
• 24 •  Cross Purposes • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 41 • Abraham Merritt (1884-1943) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 43 • The Woman of the Wood • (1926) • novelette by A. Merritt
• 44 •  The Woman of the Wood • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 71 • Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 73 • The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 74 •  The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 83 • Catherine Lucille Moore (1911- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 85 • Werewoman • [Northwest Smith] • (1938) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 86 •  Werewoman • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 109 • Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 111 • The Enchantress of Sylaire • [Averoigne] • (1941) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith [as by C. A. Smith]
• 112 •  The Enchantress of Sylaire • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 127 • Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1920- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 129 • The Unholy Grail • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1962) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 130 •  The Unholy Grail • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 155 • Poul Anderson (1926- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 157 • from Three Hearts and Three Lions (excerpt) • [Three Hearts and Three Lions] • (1961) • short fiction by Poul Anderson
• 158 •  from Three Hearts and Three Lions (excerpt) • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 167 • Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 169 • Darkness Box • (1963) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 170 •  Darkness Box • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 179 • Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 181 • The Brown Hand • (1908) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle (variant of The Story of the Brown Hand 1899)
• 182 •  The Brown Hand • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 197 • William Hope Hodgson (1875-1918) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 199 • The Habitants of Middle Islet • (1962) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
• 200 •  The Habitants of Middle Islet • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 213 • H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 215 • Smith and the Pharaohs • (1912) • novella by H. Rider Haggard
• 216 •  Smith and the Pharaohs • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 257 • Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 259 • The Dance of Death • (1907) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
• 260 •  The Dance of Death • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 271 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 273 • The Haunter of the Dark • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1936) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 274 •  The Haunter of the Dark • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 297 • T. H. White (1906-1964) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 299 • The Troll • (1935) • short story by T. H. White
• 300 •  The Troll • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 311 • Ray Douglas Bradbury (1920- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 313 • The Crowd • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 314 •  The Crowd • interior artwork by James Cagle
• 325 • Peter Soyer Beagle (1939- ) • essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
• 327 • Lila the Werewolf • [Sam Farrell] • (1969) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 328 •  Lila the Werewolf • interior artwork by James Cagle