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•  Les chefs-d'œuvre de l'épouvante • (1965) • interior artwork by Jean Gourmelin [as by Gourmelin]
• 11 •
  Préface (Les chefs-d'œuvre de l'épouvante)^?Preface (Les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'epouvante)
  • (1965) • essay by Jacques Bergier
• 25 • La musique d'Erich Zann • [Erich Zann] • (1961) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft (trans. of The Music of Erich Zann 1922)
• 33 • Le train de minuit • (1965) • short story by Alfred Noyes (trans. of Midnight Express 1935)
• 37 • L'araignée • (1927) • novelette by Hanns Heinz Ewers (trans. of Die Spinne 1908)
• 49 • Le Horla • [Le Horla • 3] • (1887) • novelette by Guy de Maupassant
• 63 •
  La présence désolée^?La presence desolee
  • (1945) • short story by Thomas Owen
• 69 •
  La chambre nº 13^?La chambre numéro 13
  • (1939) • short fiction by M. R. James (trans. of Number 13 1904) [as by Montague Rhodes James]
• 77 •
  L'homme voilé^?L'homme voile
  • (1890) • short story by Marcel Schwob
• 81 •
  La bibliothèque de Babel^?La bibliotheque de Babel
  • (1957) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of La biblioteca de Babel 1941)
• 87 • La chambre rouge • (1965) • short story by H. G. Wells (trans. of The Red Room 1896) [as by Herbert George Wells]
• 93 • Le spectacle est permanent • (1964) • short story by Roland Topor
• 99 • L'âge tendre • (1965) • short story by Robert Bloch (trans. of Sweet Sixteen 1958)
• 107 • Le piéton • (1965) • short story by Ray Bradbury (trans. of The Pedestrian 1951)
• 111 • Les plaisirs de la chasse • non-genre • (1965) • novelette by Richard Edward Connell (trans. of The Most Dangerous Game 1924) [as by Richard Connell]
• 125 • La spécialité de la maison • (1965) • novelette by Stanley Ellin (trans. of The Specialty of the House 1948)
• 137 • Une si jolie planète • [Shock Short] • (1965) • short story by Charles E. Fritch (trans. of Big, Wide, Wonderful World 1958) [as by Charles Fritch]
• 141 • Les enfants de Noé • (1965) • short story by Richard Matheson (trans. of The Children of Noah 1957)
• 153 •
  Il était arrivé quelque chose^?Il etait arrive quelque chose
  • (1960) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of Qualcosa era successo 1949)
• 157 • Quand la marée monte • (1965) • novelette by Carl Stephenson (trans. of Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen 1937)
• 171 • Oiseaux de proie • (1965) • short story by John Collier (trans. of Bird of Prey 1941)
• 177 • L'araignée-crabe • (1860) • short story by Alexandre Chatrian and
  Émile Erckmann^?Emile Erckmann
  [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]
• 187 • Gabriel Ernest • (1965) • short story by Saki (trans. of Gabriel-Ernest 1909)
• 193 • La vierge de fer • (1964) • short fiction by Bram Stoker (trans. of The Squaw 1893)
• 201 • Nos amis ailés • (1965) • short story by Philip MacDonald (trans. of Our Feathered Friends 1931)
• 207 • Le papillon de la mort • (1927) • short story by Maurice Renard
• 211 • La mouche • (1953) • short fiction by Arthur Porges (trans. of The Fly 1952)
• 219 • La nuit face au ciel • (1958) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of La noche boca arriba 1956)
• 225 • La nuit • (1887) • short story by Guy de Maupassant
• 229 • Jeu • (1965) • short story by Roald Dahl (trans. of Man from the South 1948)
• 233 • Les ruines circulaires • (1951) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of Las ruinas circulares 1940)
• 239 • La chambre dans la tour • (1965) • short story by E. F. Benson (trans. of The Room in the Tower 1912) [as by Edward F. Benson]
• 247 • Peur dans la nuit • (1960) • short fiction by Robert Sheckley (trans. of Fear in the Night 1952)
• 251 • Ils n'attendaient rien d'autre • (1961) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of Non aspettavano altro 1947)
• 263 • Les chiens de Tindalos • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft contemporary)] • (1965) • short story by Frank Belknap Long (trans. of The Hounds of Tindalos 1929)
• 269 • Bonne soirée • (1965) • short fiction by Jean Ray
• 273 • Le train perdu • (1921) • short story by
  Claude Farrère^?Claude Farrere
• 277 • Les vampires voleurs de temps • (1965) • short story by Gustav Meyrink (trans. of J. H. Obereits Besuch bei den Zeit-Egeln 1916)
• 283 • L'horreur du plein ciel • (1965) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle (trans. of The Horror of the Heights 1913)
• 291 •
  Un crépuscule^?Un crepuscule
  • (1962) • short story by Michel de Ghelderode
• 297 • Tranche de nuit • (1962) • short fiction by Poul Anderson (trans. of Night Piece 1961)
• 309 • Le masque d'argent • (1965) • short story by Hugh Walpole (trans. of The Silver Mask 1932)
• 321 • 15. 12. 38. • (1943) • short story by Thomas Owen (variant of 15-12-38)
• 329 • Les adorants du fond des mers • (1964) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft (trans. of Dagon 1919)
• 335 • Caïn • non-genre • (1965) • short fiction by Fredric Brown (trans. of Each Night He Died 1949)
• 341 • Jeu d'octobre • (1965) • short story by Ray Bradbury (trans. of The October Game 1948)
• 347 • Huile de chien • (1965) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (trans. of Oil of Dog 1890)
• 351 • Devant la loi • (1955) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Vor dem Gesetz 1915)
• 355 • Devant le ministre • (1965) • short story by J. B. Priestley (variant of Monsieur le Ministre de Sa Majesté... 1964)
• 363 • Le terme • (1963) • short story by
  André Ruellan^?Andre Ruellan
• 369 • Des fleurs pour Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes (trans. of Flowers for Algernon)
• 385 • Le couloir • (1965) • short fiction by Marina de Berg
• 395 • Les mains de Bianca • (1965) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon (trans. of Bianca's Hands 1947)
• 403 • Le masque de la Mort Rouge • (1855) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (trans. of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• 409 •
  Le père truqué^?Le pere truque
  • (1956) • short story by Philip K. Dick (trans. of The Father-Thing 1954)
• 415 • Les petites marionnettes • (1965) • short fiction by Peter Cheyney [as by Peter Cheney]
• 423 • Qu'était-ce ? • [Harry Escott] • (1965) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien (trans. of What Was It? 1859)
• 431 • Journal d'un monstre • (1955) • short story by Richard Matheson (trans. of Born of Man and Woman 1950)
• 435 • Bonne nuit, Mr James • (1965) • short story by Clifford D. Simak (trans. of Good Night, Mr. James 1951)
• 443 •
  Véra^?Vera
  • (1874) • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
• 449 • Les sans-gueule • (1890) • short story by Marcel Schwob
• 453 •
  L'œil et le doigt^?L'oeil et le doigt
  • (1965) • short story by Donald Wandrei (trans. of The Eye and the Finger 1936)
• 459 •
  Dictionnaire des auteurs (Les chefs-d'œuvre de l'épouvante)^?Dictionnaire des auteurs (Les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'épouvante)
  • (1965) • essay by uncredited