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• v • Fantasy Tales • (1978) • poem by Brian Lumley
• vi •  The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales (frontispiece) [1] • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• x •  The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales (frontispiece) [2] • interior artwork by Alan Hunter
• xvi •  The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales (frontispiece) [3] • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• xvii • Introduction (The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• xx •  The Forbidden • (1985) • interior artwork by John Stewart
• 1 • The Forbidden • (1985) • novelette by Clive Barker
• 39 • Dreams May Come • (1939) • short story by H. Warner Munn
• 40 •  Dreams May Come • (1980) • interior artwork by Andrew Smith (artist)
• 50 • The Dark Country • [Jack Martin] • (1981) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 51 •  The Dark Country • interior artwork by David Lloyd
• 68 • Dead to the World • (1982) • short story by Allen Ashley
• 69 •  Dead to the World • interior artwork by Dave Carson
• 77 • The Generation Waltz • (1984) • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 78 •  The Generation Waltz • (1984) • interior artwork by Andrew Smith (artist)
• 86 • Don't Open That Door • (1979) • short story by Frances Garfield
• 87 •  Don't Open That Door • (1979) • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• 96 • The Frolic • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 98 •  The Frolic [1] • interior artwork by David Lloyd
• 99 •  The Frolic [2] • interior artwork by David Lloyd
• 110 • The Sorcerer's Jewel • (1939) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 111 •  The Sorcerer's Jewel • interior artwork by Randy Broecker
• 126 • The Strange Years • (1982) • short story by Brian Lumley
• 127 •  The Strange Years • (1982) • interior artwork by Dave Carson
• 132 • Red • (1986) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 133 •  Red • (1986) • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 135 • Ever the Faith Endures • (1978) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 136 •  Ever the Faith Endures • interior artwork by Alan Hunter
• 146 • Extension 201 • (1979) • short story by Cyril Simsa
• 147 •  Extension 201 • interior artwork by Russ Nicholson
• 163 • The Last Wolf • (1975) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• 164 •  The Last Wolf • (1977) • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• 172 • Tongue in Cheek • (1984) • short story by Mike Grace
• 173 •  Tongue in Cheek • interior artwork by Mark Dunn (artist)
• 183 • In the X-Ray • (1949) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 184 •  In the X-Ray • interior artwork by Tom Campbell
• 196 • The Bad People • (1984) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 197 •  The Bad People • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• 209 • A Place of No Return • (1981) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 210 •  A Place of No Return • interior artwork by Dave Carson
• 221 • The Terminus • (1985) • short story by Kim Newman
• 222 •  The Terminus • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
• 226 • The Green Man • (1983) • short story by Kelvin I. Jones [as by Kelvin Jones]
• 227 •  The Green Man • interior artwork by Dave Carson
• 236 • The Voice of the Beach • (1982) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• 237 •  The Voice of the Beach • interior artwork by David Lloyd
• 263 • Afterword (The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales) • essay by Stephen Jones and David Sutton