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• 13 • Introduction (The Gentlewomen of Evil) • essay by Peter Haining
• 15 • Transformation • short story by Mary Shelley (variant of The Transformation 1830) [as by Mary W. Shelley]
• 32 • The Open Door • (1881) • novelette by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
• 72 • The Italian's Story • short story by Catherine Crowe [as by Miss Catherine Crowe]
• 89 • The Ghost • (unknown) • short story by Mrs. Henry Wood
• 100 • The Old Nurse's Story • (1852) • novelette by Mrs. Gaskell
• 122 • The Phantom Coach • short story by Amelia B. Edwards [as by Miss Amelia Edwards]
• 136 • The Lifted Veil • (1859) • novelette by George Eliot [as by Mary Ann Evans]
• 178 • Eveline's Visitant • (1867) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [as by Miss Braddon]
• 189 • Sandy the Tinker • short story by Mrs. J. H. Riddell [as by Mrs. Riddell]
• 202 • A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost • short story by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
• 213 • Eyes of Terror • short story by L. T. Meade [as by Mrs. L. T. Meade]
• 236 • At the Dip of the Road • (1896) • short story by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]
• 243 • The Gorgon's Head • short story by Gertrude Bacon [as by Miss Gertrude Bacon]