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•  Masters of Darkness • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• xi • Preface (Master of Darkness) • essay by Dennis Etchison
• 1 • The Dead Man • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 17 • Flash Point • (1974) • novelette by Gardner Dozois [as by Gardner R. Dozois]
• 46 • The Animal Fair • (1971) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 66 • The End of the Carnival • (1984) • novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 93 • Dance of the Dead • (1955) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 115 • The Words That Count • (1976) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 130 • The Test Tube • (1978) • poem by Ray Russell
• 131 • Doctor of Dreams • (1986) • poem by Ray Russell
• 134 • Neither Brute Nor Human • (1983) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• 171 • Sea Change • (1981) • short story by George Clayton Johnson
• 184 • Teeth Marks • (1979) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 208 • Third Wind • (1984) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 222 • Preparations for the Game • (1982) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 239 • Armaja Das • (1976) • short story by Joe Haldeman [as by Joe W. Haldeman]
• 265 • Saturday's Shadow • (1979) • novelette by William F. Nolan
• 292 • Camps • (1979) • novelette by Jack Dann [as by Jack M. Dann]