Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • The Owl's Nest (Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Winter 1996-7) • essay by Darrell Schweitzer [as by The Editor]
• 4 •  The Owl's Nest [2] • (1995) • interior artwork by George Barr
• 6 •  Letter (Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Winter 1996-7) • essay by Lelia Loban [as by Lelia Loban Lee]
• 6 •  Letter (Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Winter 1996-7) • essay by Gene Stewart
• 7 • The Den (Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Winter 1996-7) • [The Den] • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 7 •  The Den • (1988) • interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 7 •   Review: Swamp Foetus by Poppy Z. Brite • review by S. T. Joshi
• 7 •   Review: Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite • review by S. T. Joshi
• 8 •   Review: Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite • review by S. T. Joshi
• 10 •   Review: The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants by Ramsey Campbell • review by S. T. Joshi
• 10 •   Review: Demons by Daylight by Ramsey Campbell • review by S. T. Joshi
• 10 •   Review: The Long Lost by Ramsey Campbell • review by S. T. Joshi
• 12 • The Sequence of Swords and Hearts • short story by Tanith Lee
• 13 •  The Sequence of Swords and Hearts • interior artwork by George Barr
• 17 •  The Sequence of Swords and Hearts [2] • interior artwork by George Barr
• 20 •  The Sequence of Swords and Hearts [3] • interior artwork by George Barr
• 23 • From the Shores of Tripoli • short story by Jonathan Shipley
• 24 •  From the Shores of Tripoli • interior artwork by Keith Minnion
• 27 •  From the Shores of Tripoli [2] • interior artwork by Keith Minnion
• 28 • Teatro Grottesco • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 31 •  Teatro Grottesco • interior artwork by Thomas S. Brown
• 37 • A Day on the Bog • (1947) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 37 •  A Day on the Bog • interior artwork by Keith Minnion
• 38 • Sea Witch • poem by Anne Sheldon
• 39 • A Talk with Peter Straub • interview of Peter Straub • interview by Darrell Schweitzer
• 44 • The Chair • (1978) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 48 •  The Chair • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 49 • Snow White Turns 39 • poem by Anne Sheldon
• 49 • Styx and Stones • poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• 50 • My Vampire Cake • short story by Ian Watson
• 50 •  My Vampire Cake • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 54 • Prime • poem by Margo Skinner
• 55 •  The Classic Horrors: The Graveyard Rats • [The Classic Horrors] • interior artwork by Allen Koszowski
• 55 • The Graveyard Rats (excerpt) • [The Classic Horrors] • short fiction by Henry Kuttner
• 56 • The Sorcerer's Gift • [Sekenre] • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
• 59 •  The Sorcerer's Gift • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Stephen E. Fabian]