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• The Derelict • (1912) • novelette by William Hope Hodgson
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• The Man Who Liked Dickens • non-genre • (1933) • short story by Evelyn Waugh
• The Last Chukka • (1935) • novelette by Alec Waugh
• The Snake • (1933) • short story by Dennis Wheatley
• Arabesque: The Mouse • (1920) • short story by A. E. Coppard
• The Fourth Man • (1917) • short story by John Russell
• A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts • (1964) • short story by Charles Birkin
• The Silver Mask • (1932) • short story by Hugh Walpole
• The Bird • (1916) • short story by Thomas Burke
• The Island of the Ud • [Captain Jat] • (1912) • novelette by William Hope Hodgson
• The Pipe-Smoker • (1932) • short story by Martin Armstrong
• The Price of the Head • non-genre • (1916) • short story by John Russell
• Introduction (Shafts of Fear) • (1964) • essay by Dennis Wheatley
• A Glass of Milk • (1935) • short story by Michael Joseph
• The House with the Echo • (1928) • novelette by T. F. Powys
• The Mallet • (1929) • short story by James Hilton
• The First Blood Sweep • (1923) • short story by C. E. Montague
• The Lost God • (1917) • short story by John Russell