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• 9 • New Introduction: Avoiding Dark Places • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 17 • Introduction to the First Edition: Some Sketches of the Damned • (1958) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Introduction: Some Sketches of the Damned)
• 21 • Rat Hater • (1956) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 33 • "I'll Bet You a Death" • non-genre • (1956) • short story by Harlan Ellison (variant of I'll Bet You a Death)
• 51 • We Take Care of Our Dead • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 70 • The Man with the Golden Tongue • (1961) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 77 • Johnny Slice's Stoolie • non-genre • (1956) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 89 • Joy Ride • non-genre • (1958) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 96 • Buy Me That Blade • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 102 • The Hippie-Slayer • non-genre • (1968) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 108 • Kid Killer • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 122 • With a Knife in Her Hand • non-genre • (1958) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
• 147 • Sob Story • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison and Henry Slesar
• 152 • Look Me in the Eye, Boy! • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 165 • The Dead Shot • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 173 • Ship-Shape Pay-Off • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
• 179 • Made in Heaven • non-genre • (1956) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 189 • Students of the Assassin • non-genre • (1956) • short story by Harlan Ellison