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• 1 • Something You Ought To Know • short fiction by Lemony Snicket
• 3 • The Chicken or the Egg • short fiction by Jerry Spinelli
• 4 • In Hiding • short fiction by Kenneth Oppel
• 5 • The Old Man in the Picture • graphic format • short fiction by Richard Sala
• 5 •  The Old Man in the Picture • interior artwork by Richard Sala
• 7 • The Babysitter • short fiction by Erin Hunter (I)
• 9 • Grand Entrance • short fiction by James Patterson
• 10 • Halloween Mask • poem by Sonya Sones
• 12 • Tenton • short fiction by Tom Genrich and Michele Perry
• 14 • Nanny • short fiction by Angela Johnson
• 15 •  Cartoon: The Legend of Alexandra & Rose • interior artwork by Jon Klassen
• 16 • What's Coming • short fiction by Arthur Slade
• 17 • An Easy Gig • short fiction by M. T. Anderson
• 19 • Mr. Black • short fiction by Yvonne Prinz
• 20 • The Foot Dragger • short fiction by M. E. Kerr
• 21 • Trick • graphic format • short fiction by Adam Rex
• 21 •  Trick • interior artwork by Adam Rex
• 22 • Hank • short fiction by Dean Lorey
• 24 • One of a Kind • short fiction by Sarah Weeks
• 26 • A Walk Too Far • short fiction by Gloria Whelan
• 27 • A Very Short Story • short fiction by Holly Black
• 29 • Deep Six • short fiction by Faye Kellerman
• 31 • The Turn of the Screw By Henry James, A Novel As Told By Lisa Brown In Fewer Than 30 Seconds • graphic format • short fiction by Lisa Brown
• 31 •  The Turn of the Screw By Henry James, A Novel As Told By Lisa Brown In Fewer Than 30 Seconds • interior artwork by Lisa Brown
• 33 • The Attack of the Flying Mustaches • short fiction by Pseudonymous Bosch
• 34 • Takowanda • short fiction by Nadia Aguiar
• 37 • Heart Stopper • short fiction by Sienna Mercer
• 39 • Up to My Elbow • short fiction by Jack Gantos
• 40 • Four Gleams in the Moonlight • short fiction by Stephen Marche
• 41 • The Goblin Book • short fiction by Brad Meltzer
• 43 • Worms • graphic format • poem by Lane Smith
• 43 •  Worms • interior artwork by Lane Smith
• 44 • The Dare • short fiction by Carol Gorman
• 46 • The Ballad of John Grepsy • poem by David Rich
• 48 • Soup • short fiction by Jenny Nimmo
• 49 • The Creeping Hand • short fiction by Margaret Atwood
• 50 • Wet Sand, Little Teeth • short fiction by Mariko Tamaki
• 54 •  A Thousand Faces • (2001) • interior artwork by Brian Selznick
• 56 • Chocolate Cake • short fiction by Francine Prose
• 57 • At the Water's Edge • short fiction by Ayelet Waldman
• 59 • My Worst Nightmare • short fiction by R. L. Stine
• 61 • The Beast Outside • short fiction by Adele Griffin
• 63 • Unannounced • short fiction by Aliza Kellerman
• 65 • Krüger's Sausage Haus • graphic format • short fiction by Mark Crilley
• 65 •  Krüger's Sausage Haus • interior artwork by Mark Crilley
• 68 • There's Something Under the Bed • short fiction by Allan Stratton
• 69 • Cat's Paw • short fiction by Sarah L. Thomson
• 71 • Horrorku • poem by K. A. Applegate [as by Katherine Applegate]
• 72 • The Itch • short fiction by Avi
• 73 • The New Me: A Pantoum • poem by Gail Carson Levine
• 75 • Always Eleven • short fiction by David Stahler, Jr.
• 77 • Aloft • graphic format • poem by Carson Ellis
• 77 •  Aloft • interior artwork by Carson Ellis
• 80 • Skittering • short fiction by Tui T. Sutherland
• 82 • Stuck in the Middle • short fiction by Abi Slone
• 83 • All Finger and Thumbs • short fiction by Joseph Delaney
• 85 • Don't Wet the Bed • short fiction by Alan Gratz
• 87 • The Final Word • graphic format • short fiction by Josh Greenhut
• 87 •  The Final Word • interior artwork by Brett Helquist
• 91 • The Shadow • short fiction by Neil Gaiman
• 92 • A Day at the Lake • short fiction by Lesley Livingston
• 94 • Whispered • short fiction by Jon Scieszka
• 95 • found & envisioned: a disturbing limerick • poem by Vladimir Radunsky
• 95 •  found & envisioned: a disturbing limerick • interior artwork by Vladimir Radunsky
• 96 •  found & envisioned: a disturbing limerick [2] • interior artwork by Vladimir Radunsky
• 97 • Through the Veil • short fiction by Alison Mcghee
• 98 • The Rash • short fiction by Daniel Ehrenhaft
• 100 • Where Nightmares Walk • short story by Melissa Marr
• 102 • On a Tuesday During That Time of Year • short story by Chris Raschka
• 104 • Death Rides a Pink Bicycle • short story by Stacey Godenir
• 106 • I'm Not Afraid • poem by Dan Gutman
• 108 • The Doll • short story by Alice Kuipers
• 109 • Easy Over • short story by Frank Viva
• 111 •  Cartoon: Deadpan • interior artwork by uncredited
• 112 • Them • short story by Libba Bray
• 114 • Tiger Kitty • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• 116 • Inventory • short story by Jonathan Lethem
• 117 • Shortcut • short story by Michael Connelly
• 119 • Strawberry Bubbles • short story by Lauren Myracle
• 123 • We Think You Do • short story by Barry Yourgrau
• 125 • The Prisoner of Eternia • short story by Aaron Renier
• 125 •  The Prisoner of Eternia • interior artwork by Aaron Renier
• 129 • In Conclusion • short story by Gregory Maguire
• 142 • Susan Rich (About the Author: Half-Minute Horrors) • essay by uncredited
• 142 •  Susan Rich (About the Author: Half-Minute Horrors) • interior artwork by Lisa Brown