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• 1 • Cold Comfort of Silver Lake • (2013) • short story by Nathan Crowder
• 14 • Shine On, Harvest Moon • (2013) • short story by Monique Bos
• 22 • A Grave Matter • (2013) • short story by Joe McKinney
• 33 • The Candle and the Darkness • (2013) • short story by Aric Sundquist
• 42 • The Lullaby Man • (2013) • short story by John McNee
• 57 • The Final One Percent • (2013) • short story by Desmond Warzel
• 63 • The Philosopher's Grove • (2013) • short story by Brad C. Hodson
• 73 • The Unbeliever • (1983) • short story by Brian Lumley
• 85 • The True Worth of Orthography • (2013) • short story by Lisa Morton
• 97 • Falling Past Thessaly • (2013) • short story by Christopher Hawkins
• 104 • Sleep Grins • (2013) • short story by Chad McKee
• 115 • The Lady with Teeth Like Knives • (2013) • short story by Mark C. Scioneaux
• 121 • The Binding • (2013) • short story by Daniel O'Connor
• 145 • Cry • (2013) • short story by Jeff Strand
• 151 • Corpse Lights • (2013) • short story by Ed Kurtz
• 162 • Life and Limb • (2013) • short story by Adrian Ludens
• 171 • Who Is Schopenhauer? • (2013) • short story by Bryan Oftedahl
• 185 • Phantomime • (2013) • short story by Gregory L. Norris
• 192 • Never Say No • (2013) • short story by Angela Bodine
• 204 • Saturnalia • (2011) • short story by Maria Alexander
• 219 • The Butterfly • (2013) • short story by K. Trap Jones
• 225 • The Leaving • (2013) • short story by Matt Moore
• 241 • The Trapdoor • (2013) • short story by Douglas J. Lane
• 251 • About the Authors (Blood Rites: An Invitation to Horror) • (2013) • essay by uncredited