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•  The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948 (cover) • (1948) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948)
• 3 • Messrs. Turkes and Talbot • (1932) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 15 • History and Chronology of the Necronomicon Together with Some Pertinent Paragraphs • (1948) • essay by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft
• 20 • Lamia • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • The Nameless Wraith • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 22 • The City of Destruction • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 23 • Introduction: Strange Ports of Call • (1948) • essay by August Derleth (variant of Introduction (Strange Ports of Call))
• 28 • A Little Anthology (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948) • (1948) • essay by Malcolm M. Ferguson [as by Malcolm Ferguson]
• 32 • Mara • (1948) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 41 • A Hornbook for Witches • (1948) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 43 • Checklist: The Carvings of Clark Ashton Smith • (1948) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith [as by uncredited]
• 49 • The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (Part 1 of 4) • [Randolph Carter] • (1948) • serial by H. P. Lovecraft (book publication as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 1943)
• 75 • Two Novels and an Anthology • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 75 •   Review: Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 75 •   Review: Zotz! by Walter Karig • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 75 •   Review: Man Into Beast: Strange Tales of Transformation by A. C. Spectorsky • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 78 • From the Fan Presses • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 78 •   Review: The Forbidden Garden by John Taine • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 78 •   Review: Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 78 •   Review: Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 78 •   Review: Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science-Fiction Writing by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 82 • The Shasta Checklist • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 82 •   Review: The Checklist of Fantastic Literature by Everett Bleiler and Melvin Korshak • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 83 • Through a Glass, Darkly • (1948) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber, Jr. • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 86 • A Thorne Off the Old Smith • (1948) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 86 •   Review: The Grass is Always Greener by George Malcolm-Smith • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 87 • Three Anthologies • (1948) • essay by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The Night Side: Masterpieces of the Strange and Terrible by August Derleth • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The Sleeping and the Dead: 30 Uncanny Tales by August Derleth • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The Fireside Book of Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 90 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948) • [Short Notices] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Scarf by Robert Bloch • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The American Imagination At Work: Tall Tales and Folk Tales by Ben C. Clough • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: Mrs. Candy and Saturday Night by Robert Tallant • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Enchanted Book by Alice Dalgliesh • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Windwagon Smith and Other Yarns by Wilbur Schramm • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Two Came to Town by Simeon Strunsky • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: The Flames by Olaf Stapledon • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 93 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948 (cover) • (1948) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948)
• 3 • A Damsel with a Dulcimer • (1948) • short story by Malcolm M. Ferguson [as by Malcolm Ferguson]
• 12 • Hellenic Sequel • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • A Group of Letters • (1948) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 20 • The Blindness of Orion • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • West Country Legends • (1948) • essay by Robert Hunt (1807-1887)
• 32 • The Wind in the Lilacs • (1948) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 41 • Unhappy Ending • (1948) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 43 • Fantasy on the March • (1948) • essay by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 48 • On the Cthulhu Mythos • (1948) • essay by George T. Wetzel
• 49 • On "The Lurker at the Threshold" • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 50 • From a Letter • (1948) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 52 • A Memoir of Lovecraft • (1948) • essay by Rheinhart Kleiner
• 62 • The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (Part 2 of 4) • [Randolph Carter] • (1948) • serial by H. P. Lovecraft (book publication as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 1943)
• 84 • Ghosts in Great Britain • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 84 •   Review: Not Exactly Ghosts by Sir Andrew Caldecott • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 84 •   Review: The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 84 •   Review: Ghosts in Irish Houses by James Reynolds • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 86 • The Macabre in Pictures • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 86 •   Review: Addams and Evil by Charles Addams • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 86 •   Review: What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 87 • Top-Notch Science-Fiction • (1948) • essay by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The Key to the Great Gate by Hinko Gottlieb • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The Lost Cavern and Other Stories of the Fantastic by H. F. Heard • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: Strange Ports of Call: 20 Masterpieces of Science-Fiction by August Derleth • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 87 •   Review: The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 91 • Deliver Us From Evil • (1948) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 91 •   Review: The Book of Ptath by A. E. van Vogt • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 91 •   Review: Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 93 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948) • [Short Notices] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
• 93 •   Review: The Lurking Fear and Other Stories by H. P. Lovecraft • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: Psychic Experiences of Famous People by Sylvan Joseph Muldoon • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: The Well of the Unicorn by George U. Fletcher • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 95 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
• 95 •   Review: Unholy Relics by M. P. Dare • (1948) • review by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1948 (cover) • (1948) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1948)
• 3 • A Kink in Space-Time • (1948) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 10 • Night in the City • (1948) • poem by Geraldine Wolf
• 11 • The Novels of M. P. Shiel • (1948) • essay by A. Reynolds Morse
• 20 • No Stranger Dream • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • The Loved Dead • (1924) • short story by C. M. Eddy, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft [as by C. M. Eddy, Jr.]
• 31 • On the Mount of Stone • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft • (1948) • essay by Samuel Loveman
• 36 • A Letter to E. Hoffmann Price • (1948) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 39 • Old Wives' Tale • (1948) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 42 • Strangers from Hesperus • (1948) • short story by Norman Markham
• 47 • Further West Country Legends • (1948) • essay by Robert Hunt (1807-1887)
• 61 • The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (Part 3 of 4) • [Randolph Carter] • (1948) • serial by H. P. Lovecraft (book publication as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 1943)
• 88 • Dr. Keller's Stories • (1948) • essay by John Haley
• 88 •   Review: Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror by David H. Keller • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 89 • Wit and Satire • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 89 •   Review: The Prevalence of Witches by Aubrey Menen • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 90 • Studies in Murder • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 90 •   Review: Murder: Plain and Fanciful by James Sandoe • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 90 •   Review: The Murder of Maria Marten by J. Curtis and Jeanne MacKenzie and Norman MacKenzie • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 91 • Gremlins • (1948) • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 91 •   Review: Sometime Never by Roald Dahl • (1948) • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 92 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1948) • [Short Notices] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
• 92 •   Review: Ghosts Along the Mississippi by Clarence John Laughlin • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 93 •   Review: The Collected Tales of A. E. Coppard by A. E. Coppard • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 93 •   Review: Strange Prehistoric Animals and Their Stories by A. Hyatt Verrill • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 93 •   Review: Del Palma by Pamela Kellino • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 93 •   Review: The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: Sac Prairie People by August Derleth • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: The Bowl of Night by Edward Liston • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 95 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1948) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1948 (cover) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1948 1948)
• 3 • The Sign • [Jorkens] • (1935) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 8 • Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight • (1948) • poem by August Derleth
• 10 • A Note on Aubrey Beardsley • (1948) • essay by Malcolm M. Ferguson [as by Malcolm Ferguson]
• 13 • Only to One Returned • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • A Spell Useful Near Water • (1948) • poem by Peter Viereck
• 14 • Nut Bush Farm • (1882) • novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell
• 50 • The Unknown Land • (1948) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 52 • The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (Part 4 of 4) • [Randolph Carter] • (1948) • serial by H. P. Lovecraft (book publication as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 1943)
• 76 • Change of Heart • (1948) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 81 • Anterior Life • (1948) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of La vie antérieure 1857)
• 82 • The Machen Collection • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 82 •   Review: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 83 • Books of Magical Lore • (1948) • essay by August Derleth
• 84 •   Review: The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 84 •   Review: Witches and Fishes by Sir Hesketh Bell • (1948) • review by August Derleth
• 85 • John Campbell's Stories • (1948) • essay by John Haley
• 85 •   Review: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. • (1948) • review by John Haley
• 86 • "The World Is My Idea" • (1948) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 86 •   Review: Beyond This Horizon by Robert A. Heinlein • (1948) • review by Robert Bloch
• 88 • A Cosmic Novel • (1948) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 88 •   Review: Web of Easter Island by Donald Wandrei • (1948) • review by Clark Ashton Smith
• 90 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1948) • [Short Notices] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Unexpected by Bennett Cerf • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Shadow of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: From Unknown Worlds by John W. Campbell, Jr. • (1948) • review by uncredited
• 94 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1948) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1948) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949)
• 3 • A Basic Science-Fiction Library • (1949) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman and Everett F. Bleiler and David H. Keller, M.D. and Henry Kuttner and Sam Merwin, Jr. and P. Schuyler Miller and C. L. Moore and Sam Moskowitz and Paul L. Payne and A. Langley Searles and Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt and Donald Wandrei [as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Everett Bleiler and David H. Keller and Sam Merwin, Jr. and P. Schuyler Miller and Sam Moskowitz and Lewis Padgett and Paul L. Payne and A. Langley Searles and Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt and Donald Wandrei]
• 31 • Avowal • (1949) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • The Spring Night • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Summer Night)
• 35 • The Case for Science-Fiction • (1949) • essay by Sam Moskowitz
• 40 • Dear Pen Pal • (1949) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 46 • The Pool in the Wood • (1949) • poem by August Derleth
• 47 • Solution of Mind Problems by Imagination • (1928) • essay by Jules Verne
• 49 • The Swallowers of Universes • (1948) • short story by Peter Viereck
• 51 • David Henry Keller and the Scientific Novel in the United States • (1939) • essay by
  Régis Messac^?Regis Messac
• 55 • Time to Rest • [Bert] • (1949) • short story by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon Harris]
• 5069 • Open, Sesame! • (1949) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 74 • Travel Talk • (1949) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 75 • The Moon as Goal • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 75 •   Review: Voyages to the Moon by Marjorie Hope Nicolson • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 78 • Charles WIlliams' Novel • (1949) • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
• 78 •   Review: All Hallows' Eve by Charles Williams • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 80 • From the Fan Presses • (1949) • essay by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: The Torch by Jack Bechdolt • (1949) • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: Skylark Three by Edward E. Smith • (1949) • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: Slaves of Sleep by L. Ron Hubbard • (1949) • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 83 • Frank Merriwell on Venus • (1949) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein • (1949) • review by Robert Bloch
• 85 • Factual Fantasies • (1949) • essay by Carl Jacobi
• 85 •   Review: Out of the Silence by Patrick Mahony • (1949) • review by Carl Jacobi
• 87 • Dr. Keller Again • (1949) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Weaver Wright]
• 87 •   Review: Solitary Hunters and The Abyss by David H. Keller • (1949) • review by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Weaver Wright]
• 88 • Whimsy and Whamsy • (1949) • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 88 •   Review: ... And Some Were Human by Lester del Rey • (1949) • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 88 •   Review: Moonfoam and Sorceries by Stanley Mullen • (1949) • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 89 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949) • [Short Notices] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: Divide and Rule by L. Sprague de Camp • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: Fear and Trembling by Alfred Hitchcock • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Chips are Down by Jean-Paul Sartre • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: Angel in the Wardrobe by Robert Tallant • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Atlantis Myth by H. S. Bellamy • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Art and the Unconscious by Lionel Goitein • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: The Madrone Tree by David Duncan • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 93 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1949)
• 3 • The Root of Ampoi • (1949) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 16 • Fragment • (1949) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 17 • "The Mummy!" • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 17 •   Review: The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by uncredited • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 24 • Sed Non Satiata • (1949) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Sed non satiata 1857) [as by Baudelaire]
• 27 • Lovecraft and the Stars • (1949) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price
• 32 • The Saints of Four-Mile Water • (1949) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 34 • Technical Slip • (1949) • short story by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon Harris]
• 46 • The Last American • (1889) • novelette by J. A. Mitchell
• 69 • Full Circle • (1949) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 70 • The Realm of Redonda • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 73 • "Gougou" • (1949) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• 75 • Characterization in Imaginative Literature • (1949) • essay by Jack Chapman Miske [as by Jack C. Miske]
• 81 • Jamesian Spectres • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 81 •   Review: The Ghostly Tales of Henry James by Henry James • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 82 • Two Bibliographies • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 82 •   Review: A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856-1925 by J. E. Scott • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 82 •   Review: The Works of M. P. Shiel by A. Reynolds Morse • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 85 • The Devil and Miss Barker • (1949) • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 85 •   Review: Peace, My Daughters by Shirley Barker • (1949) • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 87 • Cristina • (1949) • essay by Joseph L. McNamera
• 87 •   Review: The Room Beyond by Robert Spencer Carr • (1949) • review by Joseph L. McNamera
• 89 • An Arkham Quartet • (1949) • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
• 89 •   Review: The Fourth Book of Jorkens by Lord Dunsany • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 89 •   Review: Genius Loci and Other Tales by Clark Ashton Smith • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 89 •   Review: Roads by Seabury Quinn • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 89 •   Review: Not Long for This World by August Derleth • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 91 • Messrs. Sturgeon, Williamson & DeCamp • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 91 •   Review: Without Sorcery by Theodore Sturgeon • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 91 •   Review: Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 91 •   Review: The Wheels of If by L. Sprague de Camp • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 91 •   Review: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1949) • [Short Notices] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories by uncredited • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 94 •   Review: The Sign of the Burning Hart by David H. Keller • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 95 •   Review: Mysteries and Adventures Along the Atlantic Coast by Edward Rowe Snow • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 95 •   Review: The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 96 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1949)
• 3 • The One Who Waits • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 9 • In the Year 2889 • (1889) • short story by Jules Verne and Michel Verne (trans. of La journée d'un journaliste américain en 2890 1890) [as by Jules Verne]
• 24 • Hieroglyphics • (1949) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 25 • Journey to the World Underground (Part 1 of 2) • (1949) • serial by Ludvig Holberg (trans. of Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum 1741) [as by Lewis Holberg]
• 73 • Oblivion • (1949) • poem by José-Maria de Heredia (trans. of L'oubli 1893)
• 74 • The Door • (1949) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller]
• 81 • Two Horsemen • (1949) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 82 • The Giantess • (1949) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of La géante 1857) [as by Baudelaire]
• 83 • Lethe • (1949) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Le Léthé 1857) [as by Baudelaire]
• 84 • The Derleth Science-Fiction Collection • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler
• 84 •   Review: The Other Side of the Moon by August Derleth • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler
• 86 • Ode to a Skylark • (1949) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 86 •   Review: Skylark of Valeron by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. • (1949) • review by Robert Bloch
• 88 • More Caldecott • (1949) • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
• 88 •   Review: Fires Burn Blue by Sir Andrew Caldecott • (1949) • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 89 • Poetry of Immortality • (1949) • essay by John Haley
• 89 •   Review: Unseen Wings by Stanton A. Coblentz • (1949) • review by John Haley
• 90 • "American Dreams" and Utopias • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler
• 90 •   Review: American Dreams, A Study of American Utopias by Vernon Parrington • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler
• 93 • Salem Again • (1949) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: The Evening Wolves by Marie McCall • (1949) • review by Robert Bloch
• 94 • A Mixed Bag • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: Invasion from Mars by Orson Welles • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: Life on Other Worlds by H. Spencer Jones • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: A Martian Odyssey and Others by Stanley G. Weinbaum • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: The End of the World by Geoffrey Dennis • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 94 •   Review: The Histrionic Mr. Poe by N. Bryllion Fagin • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 98 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
•  The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Ronald Clyne (variant of cover art for The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949)
• 3 • The Triumph of Death • (1949) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 17 • Calenture • (1949) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 19 • Footnote to Dunne • (1949) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 25 • Holiday • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 28 • Pour Chercher du Nouveau • (1949) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 30 • Journey to the World Underground (Part 2 of 2) • (1949) • serial by Ludvig Holberg (trans. of Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum 1741) [as by Lewis Holberg]
• 80 • The Death of Lovers • (1949) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of La mort des amants 1857) [as by Baudelaire]
• 80 • Escape • (1949) • poem by Thomas H. Carter
• 81 • Sidney Sime of Worplesdon • (1949) • essay by Martin Gardner
• 87 • Nightmare • (1789) • poem by Erasmus Darwin
• 88 • The Song of the Pewee • (1949) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 93 • A Little Anthology (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • (1949) • essay by Malcolm M. Ferguson [as by Malcolm Ferguson]
• 97 • Abracadabra • (1949) • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 99 • The Rape of Things to Come • (1949) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 99 •   Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell • (1949) • review by Robert Bloch
• 104 • Perhaps the Future • (1949) • essay by John Haley
• 104 •   Review: The Conquest of Space by Willy Ley • (1949) • review by John Haley
• 105 • Nelson Bond's New Stories • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 105 •   Review: The Thirty-First of February by Nelson Bond • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 106 • Anthropology and Fiction • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler
• 106 •   Review: Watch the North Wind Rise by Robert Graves • (1949) • review by Everett F. Bleiler
• 108 • A Contrasting Duo • (1949) • essay by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 108 •   Review: The World Below by S. Fowler Wright • (1949) • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 108 •   Review: The Kid from Mars by Oscar J. Friend • (1949) • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 110 • A Selected Shelf of Fantasy • (1949) • essay by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Big Eye by Max Ehrlich • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Dowry by Maggy Gould • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: Many Dimensions by Charles Williams • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: War in Heaven by Charles Williams • (1949) • review by August Derleth
• 113 • Two Views of the Future • (1949) • essay by Frank Belknap Long
• 113 •   Review: The Humanoids by Jack Williamson • (1949) • review by Frank Belknap Long
• 113 •   Review: Lords of Creation by Eando Binder • (1949) • review by Frank Belknap Long
• 114 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • [Short Notices] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
• 114 •   Review: The Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. Starkey • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 114 •   Review: Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: Adventures in the Supernormal by Eileen J. Garrett • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: There Is a Psychic World by Horace Westwood • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy by William Francis Gekle • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: Honey for the Ghost by Louis Golding • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: John Carstairs: Space Detective by Frank Belknap Long • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: The Creaking Stair by Elizabeth Coatsworth • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: Earth Abides by George R. Stewart • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: The Homunculus by David H. Keller • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: The Last Space Ship by Murray Leinster • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: An Experiment With Time by John William Dunne • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Incredible Planet by John W. Campbell, Jr. • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Fox Woman and Other Stories by A. Merritt • (1949) • review by uncredited
• 120 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • (1949) • essay by uncredited
• 124 • Index (The Arkham Sampler) • (1949) • essay by uncredited