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• 4 •  The Lady, or the Tiger? • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 8 • The Lady, or the Tiger? • (1939) • short story by Frank R. Stockton (variant of The Lady or the Tiger? 1882)
• 29 • The Most Dangerous Game • non-genre • (1924) • novelette by Richard Edward Connell [as by Richard Connell]
• 29 •  The Most Dangerous Game • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 66 • The Monkey's Paw • (1902) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 66 •  The Monkey's Paw • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 77 • Kaa's Hunting • [The Jungle Books] • (1894) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
• 77 •  Kaa's Hunting • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 98 • Road-Song of the Bandar-Log • [The Jungle Books] • (1894) • poem by Rudyard Kipling
• 100 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 100 •  An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 113 • Edgar Allan Poe: Master of the Short Story • essay by David Aloian
• 114 • Edgar Allan Poe: Poe and the Short Story • essay by David Aloian
• 116 •  The Tell-Tale Heart • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 116 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 121 •  The Cask of Amontillado • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 121 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 152 • Saki (H. H. Munro): The Fun of Storytelling • essay by David Aloian
• 153 • Saki (H. H. Munro): Saki's Humor • essay by David Aloian
• 154 •  The Open Window • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 154 • The Open Window • (1911) • short story by Saki
• 158 •  The Storyteller • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 158 • The Storyteller • (1914) • short story by Saki (variant of The Story-Teller)
• 164 • Liam O'Flaherty: Stories of Conflict • essay by David Aloian
• 165 • Liam O'Flaherty: The Struggle for Survival • essay by David Aloian
• 166 •  The Conger Eel • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 166 • The Conger Eel • (1924) • short story by Liam O'Flaherty
• 170 •  The Wild Goat's Kid • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 170 • The Wild Goat's Kid • (1925) • short story by Liam O'Flaherty
• 177 •  The Wounded Cormorant • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 177 • The Wounded Cormorant • (1925) • short story by Liam O'Flaherty
• 189 •  The Flying Machine • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 189 • The Flying Machine • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 195 •  The Greatest Man in the World • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 195 • The Greatest Man in the World • (1931) • short story by James Thurber
• 203 •  The Lottery • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 203 • The Lottery • (1948) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 257 •  By the Waters of Babylon • interior artwork by W. Markey
• 257 • By the Waters of Babylon • (1937) • short story by
  Stephen Vincent Benét^?Stephen Vincent Benet
  (variant of The Place of the Gods)