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• 9 • Introduction (Best Horror Stories 3) • essay by Alex Hamilton
• 18 • Track 12 • (1958) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 24 • The Snail-Watcher • (1964) • short story by Patricia Highsmith (variant of The Snail Watcher)
• 33 • Dip in the Pool • non-genre • (1952) • short story by Roald Dahl
• 46 • Deadline • (1959) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 52 • The Hounds of Fate • non-genre • (1911) • short story by Saki
• 61 • The Kill • (1931) • short story by Peter Fleming
• 75 • A Woman Seldom Found • (1956) • short story by William Sansom
• 80 • The Skylight • (1960) • novelette by Penelope Mortimer
• 102 • The Lottery • (1948) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 123 • The Hunted Beast • (1930) • short story by T. F. Powys
• 133 • The Pipe-Smoker • (1932) • short story by Martin Armstrong
• 136 • The Whole Town's Sleeping • [Dandelion Wine] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 154 • Housebound • (1968) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 166 • Ringing the Changes • (1955) • novelette by Robert Aickman
• 201 • The Attic Express • (1963) • short story by Alex Hamilton
• 221 • Don't Look Behind You • non-genre • (1947) • short story by Fredric Brown