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• ix • Introduction (Barbarians II) • essay by Robert Adams
• 13 • The Toads of Grimmerdale • [Witch World Universe] • (1973) • novella by Andre Norton
• 64 • Maureen Birnbaum at the Earth's Core • [Maureen Birnbaum] • (1986) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• 82 • Trapped in the Shadowland • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 89 • The Blacksmith • (1981) • short story by Raul Garcia Capella
• 104 • Demon of the Snows • [Thongor] • (1980) • short story by Lin Carter
• 120 • The Dark Mother • [Shanna of Sharteyn] • (1979) • short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 134 • Misericorde • [Kane] • (1983) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• 159 • The Warrior Race • (1940) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• 177 • Fredeya • novella by Charles L. Fontenay
• 225 • A Logical Conclusion • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson (variant of A World to Choose)
• 249 • The Winged Helmet • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1967) • novella by Fred Saberhagen
• 312 • The Changer of Names • [Ryre] • (1977) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• 330 • The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 352 • The Ghastly Pond • (1983) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson