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• xi • Introduction (The Big Book of Ghost Stories) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 3 • Mr. Arcularis • (1931) • novelette by Conrad Aiken
• 4 •  Mr. Arcularis • interior artwork by John Giunta
• 16 • August Heat • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey
• 17 •  August Heat • interior artwork by uncredited
• 23 • The Shadowy Third • (1916) • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
• 23 •  The Shadowy Third • (1951) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 38 • The Past • (1920) • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
• 52 • But at My Back I Always Hear • (1983) • short story by David Morrell
• 53 •  But at My Back I Always Hear • interior artwork by uncredited
• 63 • The Furnished Room • (1904) • short story by O. Henry
• 64 •  The Furnished Room • interior artwork by uncredited
• 69 • Death's Warm Fireside • (1936) • short story by Paul Ernst
• 75 • The Advent Reunion • (2011) • short story by Andrew Klavan
• 83 • The Return • (1892) • short story by R. Murray Gilchrist
• 88 • The Phantom Rickshaw • (1885) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling (variant of The Phantom 'Rickshaw)
• 89 •  The Phantom Rickshaw • interior artwork by uncredited
• 102 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 109 • The Story of Ming-Y • (1887) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 118 • Yuki-Onna • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 118 •  Yuki-Onna • interior artwork by D. R.
• 123 • Brickett Bottom • (1921) • short story by Amyas Northcote
• 130 • How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery • (1911) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 131 •  How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel
• 140 • Thing of Darkness • (1937) • novelette by G. G. Pendarves
• 162 • The House of the Nightmare • (1906) • short story by Edward Lucas White
• 169 • The House in Half Moon Street • (1934) • novelette by Hector Bolitho
• 170 •  The House in Half Moon Street • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 192 • A Night of Horror • (1899) • short story by Dick Donovan
• 193 •  A Night of Horror • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
• 203 • The Burned House • (1916) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
• 211 • Harry • (1955) • short story by Rosemary Timperley
• 212 •  Harry • interior artwork by John Giunta
• 220 • Make-Believe • (2010) • short story by Michael Reaves
• 228 • Playmates • (1927) • novelette by A. M. Burrage
• 243 • Just Behind You • (2005) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 244 •  Just Behind You • interior artwork by H. W. Wesso
• 255 • Adam and Eve and Pinch Me • (1921) • short story by A. E. Coppard
• 263 • The Lost Boy of the Ozarks • (2009) • short story by Steve Friedman
• 264 •  The Lost Boy of the Ozarks • interior artwork by Damon Knight
• 283 • A Ghost's Story • short story by Mark Twain (variant of A Ghost Story 1875)
• 284 •  A Ghost's Story • interior artwork by H. W. Wesso
• 288 • In at the Death • (1977) • short story by Donald E. Westlake
• 297 • The Ghost of Dr. Harris • (1900) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 298 •  The Ghost of Dr. Harris • interior artwork by Amos Sewell
• 303 • The Everlasting Club • (1919) • short story by Arthur Gray [as by 'Ingulphus']
• 308 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
• 309 •  Legal Rites • (1950) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston
• 326 • Death Must Die • (2010) • novelette by Albert E. Cowdrey
• 339 • The Transferred Ghost • (1976) • short story by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton]
• 340 •  The Transferred Ghost • interior artwork by Harry Ferman
• 347 • The Canterville Ghost • (1887) • novelette by Oscar Wilde
• 367 • Pacific 421 • (1944) • short story by August Derleth
• 368 •  Pacific 421 • (1944) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
• 375 • The Midnight El • [Sidney Taine] • (1994) • short story by Robert Weinberg
• 385 • Punch and Judy • (1975) • short story by Frederick Cowles
• 390 • The Fireplace • (1925) • short story by Henry S. Whitehead
• 391 •  The Fireplace • interior artwork by uncredited
• 400 • The Night Wire • (1926) • short story by H. F. Arnold
• 406 • Smoke Ghost • (1941) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 407 •  Smoke Ghost • interior artwork by uncredited
• 417 • Song of the Dead • (1935) • novelette by Wyatt Blassingame
• 418 •  Song of the Dead • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 437 • The Dream Woman • (1874) • novelette by Wilkie Collins (variant of The Dream-Woman)
• 438 •  The Dream Woman • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 469 • The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
• 477 • They Found My Grave • (1938) • short story by Marjorie Bowen [as by Joseph Shearing]
• 478 •  They Found My Grave • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 489 • Mrs. Morrel's Last Séance • (1912) • short story by Edgar Jepson
• 495 • Night-Side • (1977) • novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• 496 •  Night-Side • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 513 • Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad • (1944) • novelette by M. R. James (variant of "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" 1904)
• 525 • The Monkey's Paw • (1902) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 533 • The Toll-House • (1907) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 533 •  The Toll-House • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 539 • Afterward • (1910) • novelette by Edith Wharton
• 557 • Consequences • (1915) • short story by Willa Cather
• 558 •  Consequences • interior artwork by G. R.
• 570 • The Follower • (1935) • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
• 571 •  The Follower • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
• 575 • The Corner Shop • (1926) • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
• 584 • The Terrible Old Man • (1921) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 585 •  The Terrible Old Man • interior artwork by Correll
• 588 • The Murderer's Violin • (1860) • short story by Alexandre Chatrian and
  Émile Erckmann^?Emile Erckmann
  (trans. of Le violon du pendu) [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]
• 589 •  The Murderer's Violin • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 594 • The Open Window • (1911) • short story by Saki
• 598 • Laura • (1914) • short story by Saki
• 601 • What Was It? • (1859) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 602 •  What Was It? • interior artwork by uncredited
• 610 • Full Fathom Five • (1929) • short story by Alexander Woollcott
• 613 • He Cometh and He Passeth By • (1995) • novelette by H. Russell Wakefield (variant of "He Cometh and He Passeth By!" 1928) [as by H. R. Wakefield]
• 614 •  He Cometh and He Passeth By • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 630 • Thurnley Abbey • (1907) • short story by Perceval Landon
• 631 •  Thurnley Abbey • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
• 643 • The Woman's Ghost Story • (1907) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
• 644 •  The Woman's Ghost Story • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 650 • The Angel of the Marne • (1929) • essay by Victor Rousseau
• 651 •  The Angel of the Marne • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 661 • The Shell of Sense • (1908) • short story by Olivia Howard Dunbar
• 662 •  The Shell of Sense • interior artwork by uncredited
• 669 • The Avenging of Ann Leete • (1923) • short story by Marjorie Bowen
• 681 • The Dead-Wagon • (1937) • short story by Greye La Spina (variant of The Dead Wagon 1927)
• 693 • A Soul with Two Bodies • (1928) • short story by Urann Thayer
• 694 •  A Soul with Two Bodies • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 711 • The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee • (1926) • novelette by Arthur J. Burks
• 712 •  The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
• 729 • The Considerate Hosts • (1939) • short story by Thorp McClusky
• 730 •  The Considerate Hosts • interior artwork by John Giunta
• 737 • The Fifth Candle • (1939) • short story by George R. Hahn and Richard Levin [as by Cyril Mand]
• 738 •  The Fifth Candle • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 744 • The Return of Andrew Bentley • (1933) • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer
• 745 •  The Return of Andrew Bentley • (1933) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 755 • The Floor Above • (1923) • short story by M. Humphreys [as by M. L. Humphreys]
• 756 •  The Floor Above • interior artwork by uncredited
• 764 • School for the Unspeakable • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 765 •  School for the Unspeakable • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 772 • Mordecai's Pipe • (1936) • short story by A. V. Milyer
• 773 •  Mordecai's Pipe • interior artwork by Matt Fox
• 776 • He Walked by Day • (1934) • short story by Julius Long
• 781 • Behind the Screen • (1934) • short story by Ronal Kayser [as by Dale Clark]
• 789 • Journey Into the Kingdom • (2006) • novelette by M. Rickert
• 790 •  Journey Into the Kingdom • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 807 • Mr. Saul • (1977) • short story by H. R. F. Keating
• 816 • Coventry Carol • (1995) • novelette by Chet Williamson