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• xi • Introduction (100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 1 • The Archer in the Arras • (1932) • short story by Lewis Spence
• 7 • The Atom-Smasher • (1934) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 9 • Awakening • (1975) • short story by David Drake [as by David A. Drake]
• 12 • The Baku • (1988) • short story by Lucy Taylor
• 18 • 'Beyondaril' • (1971) • short story by John Metcalfe
• 24 • The Black Godmother • (1912) • short fiction by John Galsworthy
• 28 • Bringing It Along • (1996) • short story by A. R. Morlan
• 35 • Broken Glass • (1911) • short story by Georgia Wood Pangborn
• 42 • Broken Things • (1990) • short fiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 44 • The Buried Alive • (1821) • short story by John Galt
• 47 • The Business of Madame Jahn • (1896) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
• 53 • Busted in Buttown • (1991) • short story by David J. Schow
• 59 • By the Light of the Silvery Moon • (1990) • short story by Les Daniels
• 64 • Cancer Alley • (1994) • short story by Nancy A. Collins
• 72 • Cedar Lane • (1990) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• 80 • The Clock • (1928) • short story by William Fryer Harvey
• 84 • Coffins for Two • (1924) • short story by Vincent Starrett
• 89 • Cold Spell • (1980) • short story by David Langford
• 98 • Crispy Notes • (1991) • short story by Nicholas Royle
• 102 • Crutches • (1983) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 109 • Dark Whispers • (1996) • short story by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]
• 114 • The Devil's Lottery • (1948) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 123 • Die Rache • (1992) • short story by Steven Utley
• 126 • Don't Get Lost • (1989) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 133 • Don't Take It to Heart • (1953) • short story by H. L. Gold
• 141 • Doorslammer • (1963) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 145 • The Elevator • (1992) • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 150 • The Ex • (1996) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 156 • A Far-Away Melody • (1890) • short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman]
• 163 • The Feet • (1935) • short story by Mark Channing
• 170 • The Final Tale • (1986) • short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
• 175 • Fingers of a Hand • short story by Mrs. H. D. Everett [as by H. D. Everett]
• 182 • Fire-Bringer! • (1949) • short story by William Brandon
• 187 • Food for Thought • (1995) • short story by Mandy Slater
• 195 • Free Hand • (1990) • short story by Fred Chappell
• 201 • From Beyond • [Dream Cycle] • (1934) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 207 • From What Strange Land • (1935) • short story by Blanche Bane Kuder
• 214 • The Frontier Guards • (1929) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 219 • The Good Husband • (1955) • short story by Evelyn E. Smith
• 222 • Great Expectations • (1990) • short story by Kim Antieau
• 226 • The Green Light • (1897) • short story by Barry Pain
• 231 • The Hand • [La main d'écorché • 2] • (1910) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of La main 1883)
• 237 • Haunted Air • (1934) • short story by L. A. Lewis
• 245 • Here Lies • (1937) • short story by Howard Wandrei
• 250 • The House • (1932) • short story by
  André Maurois^?Andre Maurois
  (trans. of La maison 1931)
• 252 • How It Happened • (1913) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 255 • The Idol with Hands of Clay • (1923) • short story by Sir Frederick Treves
• 262 • In the Light of the Red Lamp • non-genre • (1909) • short story by Maurice Level (trans. of Sous la lumière rouge 1906)
• 266 • In the Straw • (1975) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 272 • The Interlopers • (1912) • short story by Saki
• 277 • Invisible Boy • (1987) • short story by Cliff Burns
• 282 • It Will Come to You • (1942) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 288 • Key to the Mysteries • (1989) • short story by Don Webb (variant of The Key to the Mysteries)
• 293 • The King's Messenger • (1907) • short story by F. Marion Crawford
• 300 • The Little Finger on the Left Hand • (1990) • short story by Ardath Mayhar
• 304 • Little Old Miss Macbeth • (1958) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 309 • Lucky • (1996) • short story by John Maclay
• 312 • The Man and the Snake • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 318 • The Man in the Bell • (1821) • short story by William Maginn
• 323 • The Man with the Fine Mind • (1953) • short story by Kris Neville
• 331 • The Mummy Buyer • (1981) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale (variant of Mummy Buyer)
• 335 • The Music of the Moon • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 342 • Narrative of a Fatal Event • (1818) • short story by Sir Walter Scott [as by Walter Scott]
• 350 • Night Deposits • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Chet Williamson
• 355 • On Call • (1980) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 363 • On the Leads • (1904) • short story by Sabine Baring-Gould [as by S. Baring-Gould]
• 371 • On the River • (1903) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Sur l'eau 1876)
• 377 • Onawa • (1982) • short story by Alan Ryan
• 384 • The Opener of the Crypt • [Fortunato] • (1952) • short story by John Jakes
• 390 • Out of the Night • (1968) • short story by H. Warner Munn
• 395 • Out of the Woods • (1975) • short story by Richard Laymon
• 398 • Outside the Door • (1910) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 405 • The Outside Man • (1992) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
• 413 • Patricia's Profession • (1985) • short story by Kim Newman
• 418 • The Pewter Ring • (1987) • short story by Peter Cannon
• 425 • The Playmate • (1971) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 434 • Powers of the Air • (1917) • short story by J. D. Beresford
• 439 • The Prince • (1928) • short story by W. B. Maxwell
• 444 • The Quiet Ones • (1983) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 452 • Rising Generation • (1975) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 456 • The Room Above the Top • (1984) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 463 • A Room in a House • (1950) • short story by August Derleth
• 471 • Sagasta's Last • (1939) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 479 • Say It with Spiders • (1970) • short story by Janet Fox
• 482 • Secrets • (1991) • short story by Melanie Tem
• 490 • Six Kinds of Darkness • (1988) • short story by John Shirley
• 498 • Slippage • (1990) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 500 • The Steps • (1921) • short story by Amyas Northcote
• 507 • Take Me When You Go • (1994) • short story by Joel Lane
• 513 • Terror's Dark Pool • (1936) • short story by Henry Treat Sperry
• 519 • The Thing in the Cellar • (1932) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller]
• 526 • Those Whom the Gods Love • (1929) • short story by Hilda Hughes
• 533 • Time Enough to Sleep • (1995) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 539 • A Time for Waiting • (1992) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• 542 • Told in the Desert • (1964) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 547 • The Triumphant Dead • (1936) • short story by William Hines
• 554 • Twelve O'Clock • (1926) • short story by Charles Whibley
• 558 • Voice • (1981) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 562 • The Walker • (1988) • short story by Donald R. Burleson
• 565 • Wrapped Up • (1981) • short story by Ramsey Campbell