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• bp •  Whispers, October 1983 (cover) • interior artwork by Kevin Eugene Johnson (variant of cover art for Whispers, October 1983)
• 1 •  Whispers (masthead) • (1974) • interior artwork by John Linton
• 2 • Editorial (Whispers, October 1983) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 • News (Whispers, October 1983) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 15 • The Shadow's Edge • interview of Whitley Strieber • interview by Paul R. Gagne
• 28 •  photo of Whitley Strieber • interior artwork by Paul R. Gagne
• 29 • Perverts • short story by Whitley Strieber
• 36 •  The Wolfen • interior artwork by Tom Hanus
• 37 • An Excerpt from Catmagic • short fiction by Whitley Strieber
• 45 • The Legend of Santa Claus • short fiction by C. Bruce Hunter
• 49 •  The Legend of Santa Claus • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 51 • When I Grow Up • short fiction by Charles L. Grant
• 58 • The Masai Witch • [Angel in Black] • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 66 •  The Masai Witch • interior artwork by Kirk McKinlay
• 68 •  Danse Macabre • interior artwork by Rick Harrison
• 69 • Danse Macabre • short fiction by Phillip C. Heath
• 80 • Ray Bradbury: Literature as Lark • interview of Ray Bradbury • interview by Robert W. Smith
• 89 •  Ray Bradbury: Literature as Lark • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 91 • The Phantom Knight • short fiction by Darrell Schweitzer
• 94 •  The Phantom Knight • interior artwork by Robert E. Jennings
• 95 • The Ventriloquist's Daughter • short story by Juleen Brantingham
• 100 • One for the Horrors • short story by David J. Schow
• 107 •  One for the Horrors • interior artwork by Roman Scott
• 108 •  Nyarlothotep • interior artwork by Richard Huber
• 109 •  The Lurking Fear • interior artwork by Dave Carson
• 110 •  Pickman's Model • interior artwork by John Goodier
• 111 •  The Colour Out of Space • interior artwork by Earl Grier
• 112 • In the Kingdom of the Thorn • short story by Janet Fox
• 118 •  In the Kingdom of the Thorn • interior artwork by Sam S. Adkins
• 119 • Let No One Weep for Poor Sally Karnes • short fiction by Charles L. Grant
• 124 •  Let No One Weep for Poor Sally Karnes • interior artwork by John Linton
• 125 • Give a Little Whistle • non-genre • short story by Michael Bishop
• 129 • Books (Whispers, October 1983) • essay by C. J. Henderson (variant of Books (Whispers #19-20)) [as by Chris Henderson]
• 129 •   Review: The Many-Colored Land by Julian May • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 130 •   Review: The General's Wife by Peter Straub • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 130 •   Review: The Walls of Air by Barbara Hambly • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 131 •   Review: Orion Shall Rise by Poul Anderson • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 132 •   Review: The Kill by Alan Ryan • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 133 •   Review: Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 134 •   Review: Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 135 •   Review: Shadows 5 by Charles L. Grant • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 135 •   Review: The Hanging Stones by Manly Wade Wellman • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 135 •   Review: The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 135 •   Review: The Worthing Chronicle by Orson Scott Card • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 136 •   Review: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers • review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson]
• 139 • The Hollow Grave • short fiction by Gerald W. Page
• 144 •  The Hollow Grave • interior artwork by Sam S. Adkins
• 145 • Pulling the Hagen • short fiction by Kevin Egan
• 152 •  Pulling the Hagen • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 154 • Along About Sundown • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 161 • Final Game • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 167 • Home Call • short story by Dennis Etchison and C. C. Palaski
• 176 •  Home Call • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 180 •  Whispers, October 1983 (back cover) • interior artwork by Lon T. Roberts