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• xv • Introduction (100 Hair Raising Little Horror Stories) • (1993) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Al Sarrantonio
• 1 • The Adventure of My Grandfather • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1993) • short story by Washington Irving (variant of The Bold Dragoon 1824)
• 8 • The Adventure of My Aunt • non-genre • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
• 12 • The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
• 17 • Ants • (1987) • short story by Chet Williamson
• 20 • The Assembly of the Dead • (1990) • short story by Chet Williamson
• 24 • At the Bureau • (1980) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 27 • Babylon: 70 M. • (1963) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 33 • Berenice • non-genre • (1850) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of
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  1835)
• 40 • Beyond the Wall • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 47 • The Boarded Window • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 51 • Boxes • non-genre • (1982) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 57 • The Candidate • non-genre • (1961) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 63 • Cemetery Dance • non-genre • (1992) • short story by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]
• 66 • The Certificate • (1959) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 70 • Cheapskate • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Gary L. Raisor [as by Gary Raisor]
• 72 • The China Bowl • (1916) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 79 • The Cobweb • non-genre • (1914) • short story by Saki
• 84 • Come to the Party • (1983) • short story by Frances Garfield
• 91 • A Curious Dream • non-genre • (1882) • short story by Mark Twain
• 98 • Dark Wings • (1982) • short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 104 • Dead Call • (1976) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 108 • Different Kinds of Dead • (1990) • short story by Ed Gorman
• 113 • Displaced Person • (1948) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 116 • The Disintegration of Alan • (1985) • short story by Melissa Mia Hall
• 120 • Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock • (1984) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 124 • Dragon Sunday • (1979) • short story by Ruth Berman
• 126 • Duck Hunt • non-genre • (1986) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 129 • The Dust • (1982) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 135 • The Evil Clergyman • (1939) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 139 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 142 • The Faceless Thing • (1963) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 147 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 155 • Feeding Time • (1955) • short story by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 161 • Feeding Time • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 164 • The Final Quest • (1981) • poem by William F. Nolan
• 167 • Fish Night • (1982) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 174 • The Four-Fingered Hand • (1911) • short story by Barry Pain
• 179 • A Ghost Story • (1875) • short story by Mark Twain
• 184 • Give Her Hell • (1963) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 188 • The Giveaway • (1981) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 192 • The Glove • (1975) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 204 • The Grab • (1982) • short story by Richard Laymon
• 210 • The Haunted Mill; or, The Ruined Home • (1891) • short story by Jerome K. Jerome (variant of The Haunted Mill)
• 217 • He Kilt It with a Stick • (1968) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 222 • Heading Home • (1978) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 226 • The Hollow of the Three Hills • (1830) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 230 • The Hollow Man • (1991) • short story by Norman Partridge
• 235 • Holly, Don't Tell • (1979) • short story by Juleen Brantingham
• 241 • The Hound • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1924) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 248 • The Hour and the Man • non-genre • (1894) • short story by Robert Barr
• 255 • The House at Evening • (1982) • short story by Frances Garfield
• 261 • The Idea • non-genre • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
• 265 • Identity Crisis • non-genre • (1982) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 270 • In the Corn • non-genre • (1982) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 274 • An Incident on Route 12 • (1962) • short story by James H. Schmitz
• 279 • Interview • (1963) • short story by Frank A. Javor
• 283 • The Jam • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 286 • The Kirk Spook • (1912) • short story by E. G. Swain
• 292 • Making Friends • non-genre • (1985) • short story by Gary L. Raisor [as by Gary Raisor]
• 294 • The Marble Hands • (1915) • short story by Bernard Capes
• 296 • Mariana • (1960) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 301 • Masque • non-genre • (1990) • short story by Ed Gorman
• 305 • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 312 • Moving Night • (1986) • short story by Nancy Holder
• 316 • Naples • (1978) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 322 • Night Visions • (1979) • short story by Jack Dann
• 326 • Night Deposits • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Chet Williamson
• 332 • Nightshapes • (1979) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 338 • No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman • (1927) • short story by Charles Dickens (variant of The Signalman 1866)
• 349 • The Old Black Hat • (1986) • short story by Gary L. Raisor [as by Gary Raisor]
• 351 • Out of the Storm • (1909) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
• 355 • Out of Africa • (1983) • short story by David Drake
• 361 • The Oval Portrait • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 364 • Party Time • non-genre • (1984) • short story by Mort Castle
• 366 • The Passenger • (1917) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 372 • Peekaboo • (1979) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 377 • The Pitch • non-genre • (1978) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 385 • The Poor • non-genre • (1982) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 388 • The Rag Thing • (1951) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]
• 393 • Rendezvous • (1985) • short story by Ed Gorman [as by Edward Gorman]
• 397 • The Same Old Grind • non-genre • (1978) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 401 • The Skeleton • (1989) • short story by Jerome K. Jerome (variant of A Ghost Story 1892)
• 406 • Something There Is • (1981) • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 414 • Spring-Fingered Jack • non-genre • (1983) • short story by Susan Casper
• 417 • Sredni Vashtar • non-genre • (1910) • short story by Saki
• 421 • The Statement of Randolph Carter • [Randolph Carter] • (1920) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 426 • The Story of Muhammad Din • non-genre • (1886) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
• 429 • The Thing in the Forest • (1915) • short story by Bernard Capes
• 432 • Threshold • non-genre • (1982) • short story by Sharon Webb
• 438 • Today's Special • non-genre • (1972) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 443 • Topsy • non-genre • (1990) • short story by F. Paul Wilson
• 450 • Toy • (1985) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 454 • Transfer • (1975) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 460 • Treats • (1990) • short story by Norman Partridge
• 465 • Under My Bed • (1981) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 468 • Up Under the Roof • non-genre • (1938) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 473 • The Upturned Face • non-genre • (1900) • short story by Stephen Crane
• 477 • We Have Always Lived in the Forest • (1987) • short story by Nancy Holder
• 485 • Where Did She Wander? • [John the Balladeer] • (1987) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 494 • Witness • non-genre • (1986) • short story by Avram Davidson