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• 1 •  World Fantasy Convention '82 (contents page) • interior artwork by Don Maitz
• 2 • World Fantasy Awards (World Fantasy Convention '82) • essay by uncredited
• 2 •  World Fantasy Awards (World Fantasy Convention '82) • interior artwork by Real Musgrave
• 4 • Distinguished Guests (World Fantasy Convention '82) • essay by uncredited
• 4 •  Distinguished Guests (World Fantasy Convention '82) • interior artwork by Don Maitz
• 6 •  World Fantasy Convention '82 • interior artwork by Don Maitz (variant of cover art for Electric Forest 1979)
• 8 • Leo on the Loose (from Floating Dragon) • short fiction by Peter Straub
• 9 •  Leo on the Loose • interior artwork by Jill Bauman
• 12 •  Queen of the Dead • interior artwork by Rowena Morrill
• 12 • Queen of the Dead • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 16 •  Queen of the Dead • interior artwork by Randy 'Tarkus' Hoar
• 17 •  Queen of the Dead • interior artwork by David Wenzel
• 21 •  Cover Illustration for Frost • interior artwork by Kevin Eugene Johnson (variant of cover art for Frost) [as by Kevin Johnson]
• 24 •  The Destroying Angel • interior artwork by Michael Whelan (variant of cover art for The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X)
• 25 • When Love Turned Round and Whispered You're Mine • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 29 •  When Love Turned Round and Whispered You're Mine • interior artwork by Don Maitz
• 30 • Peter Straub: An Appreciation • essay by Stephen King
• 36 • Joseph Payne Brennan: Quiet Achiever • essay by Donald M. Grant
• 37 •  The Only Ghosts • interior artwork by Don Maitz (variant of cover art for Kill the Dead 1980)
• 37 • The Only Ghosts • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 37 • Arrowhead • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 37 • Cornstalk Riddles • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 37 • December Death • [Two Haiku] • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 37 • Scarecrow • [Two Haiku] • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 37 • This Winter's Day • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 38 • My Ghosts of New Haven • essay by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 38 •  My Ghosts of New Haven • interior artwork by J. W. Barber
• 38 • This Snowy Night • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 38 • Street Dogs • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 40 • The Magic of Don Maitz • essay by Michael Whelan
• 42 • Charles L. Grant • essay by Alan Ryan
• 44 •  From The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon • interior artwork by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon
• 45 • From Roughing It: Chapter XLII • non-genre • (1872) • essay by Mark Twain
• 46 • My First Literary Venture • non-genre • (1875) • essay by Mark Twain
• 47 • How the Author Was Sold in Newark • non-genre • (1875) • essay by Mark Twain
• 47 • Letter to the Earth • (1962) • short story by Mark Twain
• 50 • H. Warner Munn • essay by James E. Munn
• 50 •  H. Warner Munn • interior artwork by Victoria Poyser
• 52 • Excerpt from a Letter • essay by H. Warner Munn
• 57 •  Cover Illustration for The Time of the Dark • interior artwork by David Mattingly (variant of cover art for The Time of the Dark)
• 60 •  From Mirage • interior artwork by Boris Vallejo
• 62 •  Queen of the Dead [2] • interior artwork by David Wenzel
• 69 •  World Fantasy Convention '82 • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 72 •  Sorceress in Her Study • interior artwork by Victoria Poyser
• 73 • Display of Fantasy Literature • essay by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 78 • Membership (World Fantasy Convention '82) • essay by uncredited
• 80 •  Membership (World Fantasy Convention '82) • interior artwork by Susan Collins [as by Susan Shay Collins]
• bc •  World Fantasy Convention '82 (back cover) • interior artwork by Don Maitz (variant of Lady and Her Pet 1979)