Contents (view Concise Listing)

• viii • Preface: Fevers of the Mad • essay by David D. Deyo, Jr.
• 2 •  Niche • interior artwork by P. J. Meacham and Jame A. Riley
• 3 • Niche • short story by Glen R. Egbert
• 8 • Still Place • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 9 • Gang of Thieves • poem by Jame A. Riley
• 9 • Random Selection • poem by Memye Curtis Tucker
• 10 • Afternoon of a Faun • short story by Sharon Webb
• 11 • Dragons in the Web • poem by David D. Deyo, Jr.
• 12 •  A Strange and Silent Lifeboat Gliding Softly on the Water • interior artwork by Rodger Gerberding
• 13 • A Strange and Silent Lifeboat Gliding Softly on the Water • short story by Gregory Nicoll
• 18 • No Reconciliations • poem by Scott H. Urban
• 19 • Game #27 • poem by John R. Lederle
• 20 • Cradle Robbers • short story by Janet Fox
• 24 • L'Etat (The State) • poem by Gary Baker
• 25 • The Window • poem by G. Warlock Vance [as by Warlock Vance]
• 26 • Dear Bill • non-genre • short story by Michael Bishop
• 28 • Not to Be • poem by John R. Lederle
• 29 • The Borderland • poem by Leslie A. Cook
• 29 • Untitled • poem by Amy Henderson
• 30 •  Nerves a Specialty • interior artwork by Rodger Gerberding
• 31 • Nerves a Specialty • short story by David D. Deyo, Jr.
• 39 • Remember • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 39 • Once, at Least • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 39 • Cemetery Wind • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 40 • Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 41 •  Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me • interior artwork by Jame A. Riley
• 42 • Little Maryann • short story by G. A. Whittington
• 48 •  Little Maryann • interior artwork by Michael Parks
• 50 • The Long Sleep That Outlasts Love • poem by Amy Henderson
• 51 • New Beginnings • short story by Scott H. Urban
• 52 •  My Cup of Tea • interior artwork by P. J. Meacham
• 53 • My Cup of Tea • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 60 • Raise a Torso, Raise a Glass • poem by David D. Deyo, Jr.
• 61 • Selections from "Mr. Templeton's Toyshop" • short story by Thomas Wiloch
• 61 •  The Kaleidoscope • interior artwork by Teri
• 63 •  The Magnifying Glass • interior artwork by Teri
• 64 •  The Halloween Candy • interior artwork by Teri
• 65 • Curious Rumors of a Difficult Birth in the Catacombs • short story by Michael N. Langford
• 67 •  Curious Rumors of a Difficult Birth in the Catacombs • interior artwork by Eric May
• 71 • A Medieval Romance • poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 75 •  A Medieval Romance • interior artwork by Todd Riley
• 76 • Wreckage • poem by Jame A. Riley
• 77 • Lies • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 82 •  Lies • interior artwork by P. J. Meacham
• 92 • Tomorrow's Witch • (1973) • short story by Gerald W. Page
• 97 • The Prodigy of Dreams • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 101 •  The Prodigy of Dreams • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris
• 105 • When I See the Breaking Sun • poem by David D. Deyo, Jr.
• 106 •  Through the Door to Might-Have-Been • interior artwork by Bruce L. Ricker
• 107 • Through the Door to Might-Have-Been • short story by Brad Strickland
• 114 • A Killer in the Corridor • short story by Gary Baker