Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 9 • Preface (The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 2) • essay by Richard Davis
• 11 • Foreword (The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 2) • essay by Christopher Lee
• 13 • Thirst • novelette by Gerald W. Page
• 52 • David's Worm • (1971) • short story by Brian Lumley
• 60 • The Price of a Demon • short story by Gary Brandner (variant of Price of a Demon)
• 72 • The Knocker at the Portico • (1971) • short story by Basil Copper
• 84 • The Throwaway Man • (1970) • short story by Stepan Chapman [as by Steve Chapman]
• 87 • The Woman with the Mauve Face • short story by Rosemary Timperley
• 91 • The Shadows of the Living • (1970) • short story by Ronald Blythe
• 111 • The Animal Fair • (1971) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 124 • Napier Court • (1971) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 139 • Haunts of the Very Rich • (1971) • novelette by T. K. Brown, III