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• ix • Introduction (100 Fiendish Little Frightmares) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 1 • 3.47 AM • (1983) • short story by David Langford
• 8 • Angry Man • (1990) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
• 15 • Another House, Another Home • (1987) • short story by Bruce Boston
• 20 • The Back of the Mirror • (1987) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 27 • Blood Ghost • (1996) • short story by John Helfers
• 34 • The Burned House • (1916) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
• 40 • The Cage • (1959) • short story by Ray Russell
• 46 • The Case of Lady Sannox • (1946) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
• 54 • The Cat-Woman • (1933) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 58 • The Champion • (1978) • short story by Richard Laymon
• 63 • The Closed Window • (1903) • short story by A. C. Benson
• 71 • The Clown • (1985) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 74 • The Cocomacaque • (1970) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 81 • Cold Heart • (1983) • short story by Peter D. Pautz
• 87 • The Dancer in the Flames • (1982) • short story by David Drake
• 95 • The Dark Beasts • (1934) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 102 • Dark Winner • (1976) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 106 • Daylight Shadows • [Strange Tales from Santo Domingo • 3] • (1925) • short story by Arthur J. Burks
• 113 • The Devil and Simon Flagg • (1954) • short story by Arthur Porges
• 119 • The Devilet • (1971) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 125 • The Devil's Debt • (1894) • short story by James Platt
• 134 • The Diary of Mr. Poynter • (1919) • short story by M. R. James
• 142 • Dollburger • (1973) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
• 147 • Down Home • (1991) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 153 • Dwindling • (1985) • short story by David B. Silva
• 160 • Echoes • (1983) • short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
• 162 • The Eerie Mr. Murphy • (1937) • short story by Howard Wandrei
• 171 • An Elegy for Mr. Danielson • (1933) • short story by August Derleth
• 176 • Empty Walls • (1996) • short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
• 181 • An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth • (1994) • short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 183 • The Festival • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1925) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 191 • The Foghorn • (1933) • short story by Gertrude Atherton
• 198 • The Garrison • (1965) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 203 • Gavon's Eve • (1906) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 212 • The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign • [Southern Appalachia] • (1975) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 220 • The Gorgon • (1932) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 229 • Grandma's Hobby • (1992) • short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
• 233 • Imperfect Strangers • (1990) • short story by Joel Lane
• 239 • "—In Case of Disaster Only" • (1946) • short story by Henry S. Whitehead
• 247 • In the Hour Before Dawn • (1986) • short story by Brad Strickland
• 251 • Is This a Horror Story? • (1989) • short story by Scott Edelman
• 253 • The Journal of Edward Hargood • (1911) • short story by D. N. J.
• 258 • Kisses from Auntie • (1981) • short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
• 265 • The Last Drop • (1992) • short story by Nicholas Royle
• 268 • Left Hand Drive • (1986) • short story by Christopher Fowler
• 275 • A Legend of Sonora • (1891) • short story by Hildegarde Hawthorne
• 277 • Lemon Drops • (1988) • short fiction by Donald R. Burleson [as by Donald Burleson]
• 279 • A Man of Discretion (A Tale of Gai Paris) • (1973) • short story by Richard L. Tierney
• 287 • The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity • (1962) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 295 • The Man with the Roller • (1912) • short story by E. G. Swain
• 302 • A Maniac • non-genre • (1920) • short story by Maurice Level (trans. of Un maniaque 1910)
• 305 • Midnight House • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey
• 311 • Midnight Promises • non-genre • (1996) • short story by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]
• 317 • Misadventures in the Skin Trade • (1994) • short story by Don D'Ammassa
• 323 • Missed Connection • (1986) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 329 • Missing • (1986) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• 335 • Mistress Marion's Light • (1889) • short story by Gertrude Morton
• 340 • Mrs Vail • (1992) • short story by Kim Newman
• 343 • The Mystics of Muelenburg • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 349 • The Night Gil Rhys First Met His Love • (1989) • short story by Alan Rodgers
• 356 • A Night in Possum Holler • (1986) • short story by Ardath Mayhar
• 361 • The Night Is Freezing Fast • (1987) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 369 • No Need for Words • (1975) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 376 • Oasis • (1984) • short story by Brian Hodge
• 383 • Old Mrs. Cartwright • (1967) • short story by Basil Copper
• 389 • The Overcoat • (1984) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 395 • Playing for Keeps • (1991) • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• 403 • Proxy • (1925) • short story by John Metcalfe
• 410 • The Rose of Knock • (1982) • short story by Alan Ryan
• 418 • Sandprint • (1992) • short story by Norman Partridge
• 422 • Seasons of Belief • (1979) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 429 • The Shaggy House • (1986) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 436 • Silted In • (1987) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• 443 • Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly • (1976) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 446 • Sneakers • (1983) • short story by Marc Laidlaw
• 449 • Someone to Dump On • (1995) • short story by Terry Lamsley
• 457 • Something More • (1994) • short story by Gordon Van Gelder
• 460 • The Spider • (1964) • short story by Basil Copper
• 465 • Still Frame • (1984) • short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• 472 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 476 • A Street Was Chosen • (1991) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 482 • Surrogate • (1983) • short story by Janet Fox
• 487 • They're Coming for You • (1986) • short story by Les Daniels
• 492 • Thirst • (1973) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 497 • To Receive Is Better • (1994) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• 502 • Tomorrow Is Forever • (1943) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 505 • Traps • (1987) • short story by F. Paul Wilson
• 513 • The Traveller • (1903) • short story by R. H. Benson
• 520 • The Tuckahoe • (1985) • short story by Nancy Etchemendy
• 528 • Uneasy Lie the Drowned • (1937) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 533 • The Village Bully • [Ghost Stories of Chapelizod • 2] • (1971) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 537 • The Visit • (1992) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 541 • A Week in the Unlife • (1991) • short story by David J. Schow
• 545 • When the Door Is Shut • (unknown) • short story by D. N. J.
• 550 • Where Does Watson Road Go? • (1987) • short story by William Relling, Jr.
• 558 • Where Flies Are Born • (1991) • short story by Douglas Clegg
• 565 • Who Walks at Night • (1986) • short story by John Maclay
• 570 • The Winter Ghosts • (1991) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 577 • Wish Hound • (1980) • short story by Pat Murphy
• 584 • The Wrong Way • (1981) • short story by Chet Williamson