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• iii • When the Black Lotus Blooms (excerpt) • (1935) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • Black Lotus (excerpt) • (1935) • short fiction by Robert Bloch
• 7 • Foreword (When the Black Lotus Blooms) • essay by Jame A. Riley and Elizabeth A. Saunders
• 9 • Introduction (When the Black Lotus Blooms) • essay by Robert R. McCammon
• 13 • Black Lotus (excerpt) • (1935) • short fiction by Robert Bloch
• 14 •  Ninfea • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris
• 15 • Ninfea • short story by Kay Marie Porterfield
• 24 • The Rift in Autumn • poem by Thomas E. Fuller
• 26 •  A Scent Like Silver • interior artwork by Bob Giadrosich
• 27 • A Scent Like Silver • short story by Susan MacTabert
• 30 •  The Grey Smudge • interior artwork by Michael D. Parks
• 31 • The Grey Smudge • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 40 • A Case Study • poem by Donald M. Hassler
• 41 • Marine Passage: Two Mothers • poem by Jane Yolen
• 43 • Skeleton Key • poem by Scott H. Urban
• 44 •  The Pursuit of Happiness • interior artwork by Mark Maxwell
• 45 • The Pursuit of Happiness • short fiction by Michael N. Langford
• 51 • Siren Strains • poem by Jame A. Riley
• 52 • Assassination Festival 11/22/63 • poem by Marvin Kaye
• 54 •  Door Closing • interior artwork by Eric Turnmire
• 55 • Door Closing • short story by Wendy Webb
• 60 • Midnight Visit • short story by Gerald W. Page [as by Carleton Grindle]
• 62 •  The Lon Chaney Factory • interior artwork by Jame A. Riley
• 63 • The Lon Chaney Factory • novelette by Brad Linaweaver
• 85 • The Ballad of the Faithful Wife • poem by Millea Kenin
• 86 • Marker • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 87 • Dancer in the Dark: Interlude Three • short story by Thomas E. Fuller
• 94 •  The Strange High Armadillo in the Mist • interior artwork by Charles Scogins
• 95 • The Strange High Armadillo in the Mist • short story by Gerald W. Page
• 106 •  Dream • interior artwork by Clay Croker
• 107 • Dream • short story by Bobby G. Warner
• 112 •  Drifting Atoms • interior artwork by Charles Scogins
• 113 • Drifting Atoms • (1941) • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 136 • Dream People • poem by John Grey
• 138 •  Late Bloomer • interior artwork by Elizabeth A. Saunders
• 139 • Late Bloomer • short story by Janet Fox
• 148 • Trick of the Light • poem by S. K. Epperson
• 150 •  On the Blue Guillotine • interior artwork by Todd Riley
• 151 • On the Blue Guillotine • short story by Gregory Nicoll
• 156 •  Red Rover • interior artwork by P. J. Meacham
• 157 • Red Rover • short story by Glen R. Egbert
• 168 •  The Wind Has Teeth • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 169 • The Wind Has Teeth • novelette by Scott H. Urban and G. Warlock Vance
• 197 • Graveyards in the Dark • poem by S. K. Epperson
• 198 • For Ray • poem by Michael N. Langford
• 200 •  The Old Marsh Road • interior artwork by Eric Turnmire
• 201 • The Old Marsh Road • short story by Jame A. Riley
• 205 • Trip • poem by Michael N. Langford
• 206 •  Pinto Rider • interior artwork by Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Ron Lindahn and Val Lindahn]
• 207 • Pinto Rider • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 216 •  Snow Dove • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 217 • Snow Dove • short story by Brad Strickland
• 233 • Carousel • poem by S. K. Epperson
• 234 •  The Window • interior artwork by P. J. Meacham
• 235 • The Window • short story by Elizabeth Conklin
• 254 • Armada Moon • poem by Thomas E. Fuller
• 256 •  Waygift • interior artwork by Debbie Hughes
• 257 • Waygift • (1977) • short story by Gerald W. Page
• 266 •  La Belle Dame • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris
• 267 • La Belle Dame • short story by Jack Massa
• 285 • Precursor • poem by Donald M. Hassler
• 286 •  The Egret • interior artwork by Rodger Gerberding
• 287 • The Egret • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 293 • Grey Men • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 294 •  Gothic • interior artwork by Elizabeth A. Saunders
• 295 • Gothic • poem by Jame A. Riley
• 297 • Not by Blood Alone • (1988) • poem by Millea Kenin
• 298 •  Moving • interior artwork by Rodger Gerberding
• 299 • Moving • short story by James Robert Smith