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• 11 • Introduction: 13 Is a Lucky Number • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
• 13 • Mrs. Todd's Shortcut • [Castle Rock] • (1984) • novelette by Stephen King
• 41 • Are You Afraid of the Dark? • (1984) • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 59 • Catch Your Death • (1984) • short story by John Gordon
• 72 • Dinner Party • (1984) • short story by Gardner Dozois
• 88 • Tiger in the Snow • (1984) • short story by Daniel Wynn Barber
• 94 • Watch the Birdie • (1984) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 101 • Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You • (1984) • novelette by David J. Schow (variant of Coming Soon to a Theater Near You)
• 121 • Hands with Long Fingers • (1984) • short story by Leslie Halliwell
• 133 • Weird Tales • (1984) • short story by Fred Chappell
• 145 • The Wardrobe • (1983) • short story by Jovan Panich
• 161 • Angst for the Memories • (1984) • short story by Vincent McHardy
• 170 • The Thing in the Bedroom • (1984) • short story by David Langford
• 181 • Borderland • (1984) • short story by John Brizzolara
• 191 • The Scarecrow • (1984) • short story by Roger Johnson
• 204 • The End of the World • (1984) • short story by James B. Hemesath
• 217 • Never Grow Up • (1984) • short story by John Gordon
• 224 • Deadlights • (1984) • short story by Charles Wagner
• 233 • Talking in the Dark • (1984) • short story by Dennis Etchison