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• vii • Foreword: In the Night, in the Dark (Noctuary) • (1994) • essay by Thomas Ligotti
• 1 • Part One: Studies in Shadow (Noctuary) • (1994) • essay by Thomas Ligotti
• 3 • The Medusa • (1991) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 27 • Conversations in a Dead Language • (1989) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 41 • The Prodigy of Dreams • (1986) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 53 • Mrs. Rinaldi's Angel • (1991) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 67 • Part Two: Discourse on Blackness (Noctuary) • (1994) • essay by Thomas Ligotti
• 69 • The Tsalal • (1994) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 103 • Mad Night of Atonement • (1989) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 119 • The Strange Design of Master Rignolo • (1989) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 133 • The Voice in the Bones • (1989) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 143 • Part Three: Notebook of the Night (Noctuary) • (1994) • essay by Thomas Ligotti
• 145 • The Master's Eyes Shining with Secrets • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 147 • Salvation by Doom • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 150 • New Faces in the City • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 152 • Autumnal • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 154 • One May Be Dreaming • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 157 • Death without End • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 160 • The Unfamiliar • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 163 • The Career of Nightmares • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 165 • The Physic • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 169 • The Demon Man • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 171 • The Puppet Masters • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 173 • The Spectral Estate • (1994) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 178 • Primordial Loathing • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 180 • The Nameless Horror • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 182 • Invocation to the Void • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 184 • The Mocking Mystery • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 187 • The Interminable Equation • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 189 • The Eternal Mirage • (1994) • short fiction by Thomas Ligotti
• 191 • The Order of Illusion • (1984) • short story by Thomas Ligotti