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• 1 • The Malice of Inanimate Objects • (1933) • short story by M. R. James
• 1 •  The Malice of Inanimate Objects • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 6 • The Scarecrow • short story by Roger Johnson
• 6 •  The Scarecrow • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• 15 • The Gathering of Dr Oates • short story by Peter Davidson
• 15 •  The Gathering of Dr Oates • interior artwork by Chico Kidd [as by A. F. Kidd]
• 20 • Dark Devotions: M. R. James and the Magical Tradition • essay by Ron Weighell
• 27 •  Beelzebub from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal" • interior artwork by uncredited
• 31 • Frederick Cowles, 1900-1948 • [Writers in the James Tradition • 3] • essay by Hugh Lamb
• 34 •   Review: M. R. James: An Informal Portrait by Michael Cox • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• 35 •  "The Horn of Vapula" by Lewis Spence • interior artwork by John Borkowski
• 37 •   Review: A Natural Body and a Spiritual Body: Some Worcestershire Encounters with the Supernatural by J. S. Leatherbarrow • review by David G. Rowlands [as by David Rowlands]
• 38 •   Review: The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes: Seventeen Supernatural Stories by Leslie Halliwell • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• 39 •   Review: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill • review by Richard Dalby
• 40 •   Review: Ghost Stories by Susan Hill • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• 41 •   Review: High Spirits by Robertson Davies • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• 41 •   Review: Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• 41 •   Review: E. Nesbit's Tales of Terror by Hugh Lamb • review by Rosemary Pardoe
• bc •  "Joan" by Mary Ann Allen • interior artwork by Wendy Wees [as by Wendy Adrian Wees]