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• Preface (The Best of Gerald Kersh) • (1960) • essay by Simon Raven
• Neither Man Nor Dog • (1945) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard • non-genre • [Busto's Boarding House] • (1936) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• "Busto Is a Ghost, Too Mean to Give Us a Fright!" • non-genre • [Busto's Boarding House] • (1938) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of Lunatic's Broth)
• Thicker Than Water • (1954) • novelette by Gerald Kersh
• The Crewel Needle • (1953) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Queen of Pig Island • non-genre • (1949) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Sympathetic Souse • (1954) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The White-Washed Room • (1955) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Ape and the Mystery • non-genre • (1948) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Mysterious Smile of Mona Lisa)
• The King Who Collected Clocks • (1948) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Royal Imposter 1947)
• Clock Without Hands • non-genre • (1946) • novelette by Gerald Kersh
• Men Without Bones • (1954) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Brighton Monster • (1953) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Monster 1948)
• Frozen Beauty • (1941) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• Carnival on the Downs • (1955) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• Teeth and Nails • (1954) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Terrible Ride of Colonel Tessier 1952)
• In a Room Without Walls • (1946) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• The Oxoxoco Bottle • (1958) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Secret of the Bottle 1957)