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• 5 • Foreword (The Little Book of Horrors) • essay by Sebastian Wolfe
• 9 • In the Ruins • (1965) • short story by Roald Dahl
• 10 •  Randolf's Party • (1964) • interior artwork by John Lennon
• 11 • Randolf's Party • (1964) • short fiction by John Lennon
• 12 • Red • (1986) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 14 • A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet • essay by uncredited
• 15 • Moonlight Sonata • (1931) • short story by Alexander Woollcott
• 17 • (Untitled) • poem by Alistair Sampson
• 18 •  Cartoon: "This particular gem has an interesting curse attached to it ...!" • (1976) • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 19 • Meeting with a Double • (1951) • poem by George D. Painter
• 20 • John Mortonson's Funeral • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 23 • The Skeleton at the Feast • (1912) • poem by E. H. Visiak
• 24 • (Untitled) • short fiction by Ornella Volta
• 25 • Cousin Jane • poem by Colin West
• 26 • (Untitled) • poem by Alistair Sampson
• 27 • Out of the Country • (1966) • short story by Shaun Usher [as by Jeffry Scott]
• 29 • Mousetrap • (1988) • short fiction by Stephen Gallagher
• 30 • Singular Method of Execution • essay by uncredited
• 31 • The Model Wife • (1961) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 33 • Good dog Nigel • (1964) • poem by John Lennon
• 33 •  Good dog Nigel • (1964) • interior artwork by John Lennon
• 34 • Dog, Cat, and Baby • (1987) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 36 • "The Nun is fearfully bedevilled:" • poem by Edward Gorey
• 36 •  "The Nun is fearfully bedevilled:" • interior artwork by Edward Gorey
• 37 • Mason's Life • (1972) • short story by Kingsley Amis
• 40 • The Dorking Thigh • (1945) • poem by William Plomer
• 41 •  The Dorking Thigh • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 42 • Henri Blot (Fact) • essay by Ornella Volta
• 43 • Captain Murderer • (1860) • short story by Charles Dickens
• 46 • (Untitled) • poem by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 48 •  Chompers • (1982) • interior artwork by Randy Jones
• 49 • Chompers • (1982) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 52 • Varney the Vampire (excerpt) • [Varney the Vampyre (excerpts)] • short fiction by James Malcolm Rymer
• 53 • Grocery List • (1979) • short fiction by Gina Haldane
• 55 • Mujina • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 57 • At Parting • (1977) • poem by Raymond Chandler
• 58 •  Cartoon: "I tell you, Shirley, there's something funny about this place!" • (1969) • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 59 • Love at First Sight • (1934) • short story by Richard Middleton
• 61 • The Vampire (excerpt) • short fiction by William Reginald Hodder [as by W. R. Hodder]
• 63 • Singular Attempt at Suicide (Fact) • essay by uncredited
• 64 • One Summer Night • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 66 • The Edinburgh Landlady • (1980) • poem by Aubrey Davidson
• 67 • Delighted Deb's Lament • poem by Alistair Sampson
• 68 • Sergeant Bertrand (Fact) • essay by Ornella Volta
• 69 • The Near Departed • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 71 • A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies • poem by Edward S. Lauterbach [as by Edward Lauterbach]
• 72 • A Surprise for Little Bobby • (1964) • short fiction by John Lennon
• 73 • Oil of Dog • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 77 • A Functional Proof of Immortality • (1988) • short fiction by Edward Bryant
• 78 • My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing • short story by Priscilla Marron (variant of My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet How Sweetly You Sing 1967)
• 80 • Horrible Cannibalism • essay by uncredited
• 81 • Nightmare in Red • (1961) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 83 • Essay • short fiction by Alistair Sampson
• 84 • American Gothic • (1975) • short story by M. A. Lyon
• 86 • The Corpse Rises • short fiction by Liao Chai
• 87 • Revival Meeting • (1969) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 89 • Anything They Can Do... • (1992) • short fiction by Alphonse Allais (trans. of Comme les autres 1893)
• 91 • The Look of Death • (1923) • short story by Jean Cocteau (trans. of Le jardinier et la Mort)
• 92 •  Cartoon: "I was starting to wonder if you'd turn up!" • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 93 • Pierre Torture (Fact) • essay by
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• 96 • (Untitled) • short fiction by Tommaso Landolfi
• 98 • A Horrible Discovery • essay by uncredited
• 99 • The Midnight Lover • (1970) • short story by Gerald Atkins
• 101 • A Tale the English Used to Tell • (1988) • short fiction by K. C. Mann
• 102 • Before the Law • (1948) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Vor dem Gesetz 1915)
• 105 • Hell Hath No — • poem by Gloria Orlick
• 107 • The Five Boons of Life • (1902) • short story by Mark Twain
• 111 • Mass Without Voices • (1979) • short story by Arthur L. Samuels
• 114 • Lord Dufferin's Story (Fact) • essay by uncredited
• 115 • Deathbed • (1987) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 117 • 'Magdalene' • short fiction by W. B. Yeats
• 118 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 120 • Shutting a Woman's Head in a Box • essay by uncredited
• 121 • A Lot to Learn • (1978) • short story by Robert T. Kurosaka
• 122 • Angel's Exchange • (1984) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 124 • How to Write the Suicide Note • essay by Derek Pell