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• Afterword (By Reason of Darkness) • essay by T. M. Wright
• Becoming October • short story by William P. Simmons
• Daddy's Little Bitty Pretty One • short story by William P. Simmons
• Davy • (2003) • short story by William P. Simmons
• Do the Dead ...? • short story by William P. Simmons
• Echoes • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• Following the Stones • short story by William P. Simmons
• Little Plastic Men • short story by William P. Simmons
• Naughty, You? • short story by William P. Simmons
• Pumpkin Light • short story by William P. Simmons
• Skin • short story by William P. Simmons
• Small Decisions • short story by William P. Simmons
• Spook Men • short story by William P. Simmons
• Telling Stories in the Dark • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Cleaning • (2003) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Costumers • (2003) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Dead Boy in the Wall • (2003) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Field • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Halloween Boy • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Replacement • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Right Size • (2003) • short story by William P. Simmons
• The Wind, When It Comes • (2001) • short story by William P. Simmons
• They Never Come Back • (2002) • short story by William P. Simmons
• When She Calls • short story by William P. Simmons
• William P. Simmons, Halloween Boy Incarnate • essay by Gary A. Braunbeck