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• 3 • The Vampire as Action-Adventure Anti-Hero • essay by June Pulliam
• 3 •   Review: Everdead by Rio Youers • review by June Pulliam
• 5 • A Mask Made of Exposition • essay by Michael Marano
• 5 •   Review: An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe • review by Michael Marano
• 9 • The Pathetic and the Mundane • essay by Kevin Dole
• 9 •   Review: Shrike by Quentin S. Crisp • review by Kevin Dole
• 11 • Mythos and More Mythos • essay by Martin Andersson
• 11 •   Review: The Drums of Chaos by Richard L. Tierney • review by Martin Andersson
• 14 •   Review: Queen of K'n-Yan by
  朝松健^?あさまつけん
  Asamatsu Ken
  • review by Martin Andersson
• 15 • Forget-Me-Nots? • essay by Tony Fonseca
• 15 • Review of "Passenger" by Ronald Damien Malfi • essay by Tony Fonseca
• 17 •   Review: Moontown by Peter Atkins • review by Tony Fonseca
• 19 • A New Jungle Book • essay by Hank Wagner
• 19 •   Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman • review by Hank Wagner
• 21 • Abandon All Preconceptions, Ye Who Enter Here • essay by Sherry Austin
• 21 •   Review: Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe by Ellen Datlow • review by Sherry Austin
• 25 • Williams One, Clark Zero • essay by Robert Morrish
• 25 •   Review: Vengeance Child by Simon Clark • review by Robert Morrish
• 28 •   Review: One by Conrad Williams • review by Robert Morrish
• 30 • Mini-Collections from Major Talents • essay by Matt Cardin
• 30 •   Review: Impossibilia by Douglas Smith • review by Matt Cardin
• 32 •   Review: Glyphotech and Other Macabre Processes by Mark Samuels • review by Matt Cardin
• 34 • Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Listing Towards Horror • [Ramsey Campbell, Probably] • (2008) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• 41 • Paralyzed by Discomfort • essay by Jack M. Haringa
• 41 •   Review: British Invasion by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon and James A. Moore • review by Jack M. Haringa
• 45 • Passing the Baton • essay by Ben P. Indick
• 45 • Review of "New Dark Voices II" by Brian Keene • essay by Ben P. Indick
• 46 •   Review: Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp • review by Ben P. Indick
• 47 • Genius Loci • essay by John Langan
• 47 •   Review: Fathom by Cherie Priest • review by John Langan
• 51 • Review of non-genre mystery novel: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larson • essay by Bev Vincent
• 53 • Review of non-genre mystery thriller: "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski • essay by Bev Vincent
• 55 • The Lovecraft Cult • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 55 •   Review: Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales by Kenneth Hite • review by S. T. Joshi
• 59 •   Review: Blasphemies & Revelations by Robert M. Price • review by S. T. Joshi
• 61 • Two Unique Visions of Horror • essay by Robert Butterfield
• 61 •   Review: Scattered Ashes by Scott Nicholson • review by Robert Butterfield
• 63 •   Review: Shadows and Other Tales by Tony Richards • review by Robert Butterfield
• 65 • Living on a Powerkeg • essay by Bev Vincent
• 65 •   Review: Gunpowder by Joe Hill • review by Bev Vincent
• 67 • Can You Murder a Dream? • essay by John Edgar Browning
• 67 •   Review: The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford • review by John Edgar Browning
• 71 • Doing Your Homework • essay by Hank Wagner
• 71 •   Review: By the Sword by F. Paul Wilson • review by Hank Wagner
• 73 • Waking to Nightmares • essay by Jack M. Haringa
• 73 •   Review: The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay • review by Jack M. Haringa
• 75 • The Supernatural in Prose and Verse • essay by Donald R. Burleson
• 75 •   Review: Emperors of Dreams: Some Notes on Weird Poetry by S. T. Joshi • review by Donald R. Burleson
• 77 •   Review: The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos by S. T. Joshi • review by Donald R. Burleson
• 78 •   Review: Classics and Contemporaries: Some Notes on Horror Fiction by S. T. Joshi • review by Donald R. Burleson
• 80 • The Perfect Museum Edition • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 80 •   Review: Passing of a God and Other Stories by Henry S. Whitehead • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 84 • The Weird Scholar (Dead Reckonings #5, Spring 2009) • [The Weird Scholar] • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 85 •   Review: Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe • review by S. T. Joshi
• 89 • Capsule Reviews (Dead Reckonings #5, Spring 2009) • essay by various
• 89 •   Review: The Long Way by Ramsey Campbell • review by S. T. Joshi
• 90 •   Review: The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic by Martin Grams, Jr. • review by Tony Fonseca
• 90 •   Review: Afraid by Jack Kilborn • review by Ben P. Indick
• 91 •   Review: Living with the Dead by Darrell Schweitzer • review by S. T. Joshi
• 92 •   Review: Beneath the Surface by Simon Strantzas • review by Brian J. Showers