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• 11 • Introduction (The Darker Mask) • essay by Christopher Chambers and Gary Phillips
• 17 • Dream Knights • (2008) • short story by L. A. Banks
• 35 • Trickster • (2008) • short story by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
• 57 • The Strega's Last Dance • (2008) • short story by Lorenzo Carcaterra
• 67 • Avatar • (2008) • short story by Christopher Chambers
• 87 • Accidentally, Like a Martyr • (2008) • short story by Reed Farrel Coleman
• 99 • The Whores of Onyx City • (2008) • short story by Michael A. Gonzales
• 119 • Heatseeker • short story by Gar Anthony Haywood
• 143 • Tat Master • (2008) • short story by Naomi Hirahara
• 159 • Henchman • (2008) • short story by Mat Johnson
• 179 • The Angel of Loneliness • (2008) • short story by Victor LaValle
• 203 • The Picket • (2008) • short story by Walter Mosley
• 219 • Switchback: A Brief Chapter on Monsters • (2008) • novelette by Ann Nocenti
• 245 • And What Shall We Call You? • (2008) • short story by Gary Phillips
• 263 • Dred • (2008) • short story by Jerry A. Rodriguez
• 285 • The Edge of Seventeen • (2008) • short story by Alexandra Sokoloff
• 303 • In Vino, Veritas • (2008) • short story by Peter Spiegelman
• 319 • The Messenger • (2008) • short story by Wayne L. Wilson
• 333 • Housework • (2008) • novelette by Doselle Young