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• [2] •  Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media • interior artwork by Jack Davis (variant of Creepy (cover))
• 1 • The Plague Years: A Background of Belief • essay by Les Daniels
• 5 •  The Book of Martyrs • (1563) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 6 •  Docter Faustus (title page) • (1631) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 8 •  Thiestes • (unknown) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 9 •  Paradise Lost • (1688) • interior artwork by John Baptist Medina
• 10 •  London's Dreadful Visitation (title page) • (1665) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 12 • Strawberry Hill: Gothic Ghosts • essay by Les Daniels
• 15 •  The Sleep of Reason Breeds Monsters • interior artwork by Francisco Goya [as by Francisco de Goya]
• 18 •  The Monk (frontispiece) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 26 •  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner • (1881) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 29 • Imps of the Perverse: Afraid in America • essay by Les Daniels
• 32 •  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • interior artwork by Felix Octavius Carr Darley [as by Felix O. C. Darley]
• 33 •  Rip Van Winkle • interior artwork by Arthur Rackham
• 37 •  The Masque of the Red Death • interior artwork by Harry Clarke
• 38 •  Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • interior artwork by Harry Clarke
• 40 •  The Black Cat • interior artwork by Harry Clarke
• 41 •  The Black Cat • interior artwork by Aubrey Beardsley
• 43 •  Mask Tolling the Hour of Death • interior artwork by Odilon Redon
• 46 • The Imp of the Perverse • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 50 • My Favorite Murder: Victorian Villainy • essay by Les Daniels
• 54 •  Varney the Vampire • interior artwork by uncredited
• 56 •  Carmilla • (1872) • interior artwork by D. H. Friston
• 59 •  Zanomi • (1842) • interior artwork by C. T. Deblois
• 60 •  The Yellow Sign • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• 65 •  The Hog • (1947) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 66 •  Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad • (1904) • interior artwork by James McBryde
• 67 • My Favorite Murder • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 72 • Rats • (1929) • short story by M. R. James
• 76 • The Golden Dawn: A Secret Society • essay by Les Daniels
• 77 •  Resistance—The Black Idol • interior artwork by Frantisek Kupka
• 78 •  Death • (1910) • interior artwork by Pamela Colman Smith
• 78 •  The Devil • (1910) • interior artwork by Pamela Colman Smith
• 79 •  Seven of Cups • (1910) • interior artwork by Pamela Colman Smith
• 79 •  Three of Swords • (1910) • interior artwork by Pamela Colman Smith
• 87 •  Mung and the Beast of Mung • (1905) • interior artwork by Sidney H. Sime [as by S. H. Sime]
• 87 •  It • interior artwork by Sidney H. Sime (variant of "It" 1905) [as by S. H. Sime]
• 89 •  She • interior artwork by Maurice Greiffenhagen
• 91 •  Murders in the Rue Morgue • interior artwork by Aubrey Beardsley (variant of The Murders in the Rue Morgue 1952)
• 93 • Novel of the White Powder • (1895) • short story by Arthur Machen
• 104 • The Silver Keys: Mass Markets • essay by Les Daniels
• 117 •  The House in the Valley • (1953) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 119 •  Lovecraft • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 122 •  Weird Tales, September 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1934 1934)
• 124 •  Pencil Drawing • interior artwork by Clark Ashton Smith
• 125 • The Outsider • [Dream Cycle] • (1926) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 130 • The Invisible Ray: Mass Media • essay by Les Daniels
• 144 •  Weird Tales • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 146 •  Smoke Ghost • (1941) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 147 •  A Gnome There Was • (1941) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier (variant of A Gnome There Was [3])
• 156 • Slime: The Retreat to Reality • essay by Les Daniels
• 158 •  Ibis the Invincible (cover) • interior artwork by Mack Raboy
• 158 •  The Merry Monster • interior artwork by Dick Briefer
• 158 •  The Haunt of Fear (cover) • (1951) • interior artwork by Al Feldstein
• 158 •  The Haunt of Fear (cover) • interior artwork by Graham Ingels
• 161 •  The Vault of Horror (cover) • interior artwork by Johnny Craig
• 164 •  The Lighthouse • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 171 • Slime • (1953) • novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 186 • Model Nephew • graphic format • short fiction by Jack Davis and Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines [as by Jack Davis and Albert Feldstein and William M. Gaines]
• 193 • Blood Sons: A Ruthless Revival • essay by Les Daniels
• 203 •  Creepy (cover) • interior artwork by Jack Davis
• 212 •  Creepy (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 213 •  Castle Carrion • (1967) • interior artwork by Reed Crandall
• 214 • Blood Son • (1951) • short story by Richard Matheson (variant of "Drink My Red Blood ...")
• 220 • Heaven and Hell: Inner Space • essay by Les Daniels
• 227 •  Cartoon: no caption (Living in Fear) • (1946) • interior artwork by Charles Addams
• 233 •  Vampirella (cover) • (1969) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 234 •  The Spirit • (1974) • interior artwork by Will Eisner
• 235 •  Red Nails • (1973) • interior artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith [as by Barry Smith]