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• 9 • Introduction (Operation: Phantasy: The Best from) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 15 • Harbour Whistles • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 33] • (1930) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 16 • The Sunken Towers • (1936) • poem by Henry Kuttner
• 17 • The Objective Approach • (1942) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth [as by Cyril Kornbluth]
• 21 • Contrast • (1937) • poem by James Blish
• 22 • Versiflage • (1940) • poem by Frederik Pohl
• 22 • Segment • (1942) • poem by C. M. Kornbluth [as by Cyril Kornbluth]
• 23 • Fateful Hour • (1937) • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes]
• 24 • Weird Music • (1936) • essay by Emil Petaja and Duane W. Rimel
• 27 • Jump-Out-of-Bed • (1941) • poem by F. Stanislaus Prosody
• 29 • How I Get My Inspiration • (1935) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 31 • Old Trinity Churchyard (5 A. M. Spring) • (1941) • poem by A. Merritt
• 32 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft • (1937) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 34 • Ex Oblivione • [Dream Cycle] • (1921) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 38 • The Unconquerable Fire • (1942) • poem by John B. Michel
• 39 • "Only Deserted"... • (1937) • poem by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth]
• 40 • The Booklings • (1943) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 44 • Song at Midnight • (1940) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 46 • The Memnons of the Night • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 48 • Proverbs from the Dawnish • (1945) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim [as by uncredited]
• 49 • Stuff • (1940) • short story by Dirk Wylie
• 52 • Innocence • (1942) • poem by Donald A. Wollheim [as by Graham Conway]
• 53 • Quarry • (1941) • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes]
• 55 • Chant of the Black Magicians • (1944) • poem by C. M. Kornbluth [as by Cyril Kornbluth]
• 57 • All Out • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim