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• ix • Introduction (The Haunted Hour) • essay by Constance Scarborough
• 1 • Needle in the Heart • (1969) • short story by Richard Matheson (variant of Therese)
• 5 • The Deep End • (1991) • short story by Simon McCaffery [as by Simon P. McCaffery]
• 17 • Dracula's Guest • [Dracula] • (1914) • short story by Bram Stoker
• 31 • A Salesman's Tale • (1992) • short story by David Dean
• 43 • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone • non-genre • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 55 • Howler • (1992) • short story by Jo Bannister
• 71 • A Most Unusual Murder • (1976) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 85 • The Haunted Chair • (1986) • short story by Stephen F. Wilcox
• 95 • This Church Is Open • (1992) • short story by Robert Campbell
• 103 • Weeper • (1983) • short story by David Braly
• 125 • The Pond • (1976) • short story by Patricia Highsmith
• 145 • The Grin Reaper • (1989) • short story by Richard F. McGonegal
• 157 • Fatal Corner • (1984) • short story by Patricia McGerr
• 165 • Evidence Seen • (1989) • short story by John C. Boland
• 181 • The Avenging of Ann Leete • (1923) • short story by Marjorie Bowen
• 195 • My Late Aunt Hattie • (1993) • short fiction by Tim Myers
• 199 • The Haunted Dolls' House • (1923) • short story by M. R. James
• 213 • Voodoo Death • (1989) • short story by Gregor Robinson
• 227 • Black Wind • (1979) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 233 • Summer Evil • (1960) • short story by Nora H. Caplan