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