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• xi • Introduction (Tales to Make the Flesh Creep) • essay by Herbert van Thal
• 1 • The Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (variant of An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House 1862) [as by Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 14 • Walnut-Tree House • novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell [as by J. H. Riddell]
• 39 • The Man with the Nose • (1872) • short story by Rhoda Broughton
• 56 • Wolverden Tower • (1896) • novelette by Grant Allen
• 83 • Winthrop's Adventure • (1881) • novelette by Vernon Lee
• 118 • The Triumph of Night • (1914) • novelette by Edith Wharton
• 142 • Number 13 • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 157 • The Thing in the Hall • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 168 • All Hallows • (1926) • novelette by Walter de la Mare
• 198 • Autumn Cricket • (1950) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 203 • The Prescription • (1929) • short story by Marjorie Bowen
• 220 • The Accident • (1936) • novelette by Ann Bridge
• 242 • The Whip Hand • short story by A. L. Barker
• 257 • Ravissante • (1968) • novelette by Robert Aickman