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• xi • Introduction (Ghost Writing: Haunted Tales by Contemporary Writers) • essay by Roger Weingarten
• 1 • The Party Over There • short story by Jennifer Rachel Baumer
• 9 • The Miracle at Ballinspittle • (1988) • short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle
• 21 • Visitation • short fiction by Robert Coover
• 23 • Run Ragged • short story by Laurence Davies
• 35 • Floggings • novelette by Kathryn Davis
• 69 • Le Mooz • (2000) • short story by Louise Erdrich
• 83 • A Piece of the True Cross • novelette by Douglas Glover
• 105 • A Troll Story: Lessons in What Matters, No. 1 • (2000) • short story by Nicola Griffith
• 123 • Order • short story by Shelby Hearon
• 129 • The Day Ghost • short story by David Huddle
• 139 • The Train, the Lake, the Bridge • short story by Bret Lott
• 147 • Doors • short story by Pamela Painter
• 155 • Achilles' Grave • novelette by Ben Pastor
• 181 • Come Fly with Me • short story by Timothy Schmand
• 187 • Insomnia • (2000) • short story by Curtis Smith
• 199 • Hunger, an Introduction • (1995) • novelette by Peter Straub
• 237 • The Indian • (1963) • short story by John Updike
• 245 • The Jimi Hendrix Experience • short story by Guy Vanderhaeghe
• 257 • Aura, Cry, Fall, and Fit • short story by Roger Weingarten
• 261 • Hyannis Boat • short story by W. D. Wetherell
• 281 • The Way He Knew It • novelette by Rick Zind
• 309 • Contributors' Notes (Ghost Writing: Haunted Tales by Contemporary Writers) • essay by Roger Weingarten