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• xiii • Acknowledgements (Outfoxing Fear) • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• xix • Introduction: Recalling Scheherazade • (2006) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 5 • Building Stories • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 6 • "What Are You the Most Scared Of?" • (1984) • short story by Fanny Hagin Mayer
• 8 • The Robbers and the Old Woman • (2006) • short story by Peter Buchan
• 11 • Cauth Morrisy Looking for Service • (1866) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 16 • Death and the Old Woman • (1962) • short story by Gyula Ortutay
• 19 • The Story of the Caterpillar and the Wild Animals • (1905) • short story by A. C. Hollis (variant of The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals)
• 21 • Serious Laughter • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 23 • Magic to Overcome Anxiety: Turtledove Cannot Change Its Nature: What Turtledove Says • (1958) • short story by Frances S. Herskovits and Melville J. Herskovits
• 25 • How Thomas Connolly Met the Banshee • (1885) • short story by John Todhunter [as by J. Todhunter]
• 29 • The Frightened Fox • (1977) • short story by Arthur Scholey
• 30 • The Nature of Fear • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 32 • There Is Nothing Anywhere (That We Fear) • (1930) • short story by R. S. Rattray [as by R. Sutherland Rattray]
• 34 • The Boy Who Went in Search of Fear • [
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  • 4] • (2006) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Von einem der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen 1812) [as by Brothers Grimm]
• 44 • The Fearless Captain • (1913) • short story by Im Bang
• 46 • Desperate Courage • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 49 • Girl Learns to Write by Practicing on Frozen Pond • (1991) • short story by Magnús Einarsson
• 50 • The Cakes of Oatmeal and Blood • (1975) • short story by Sean O'Sullivan
• 55 • The Neckbone on the Knife • (1972) • short story by Jón Arnason (trans. of Hryggjarlidur á hnífsoddi 1862)
• 56 • The Death "Bree" • (1889) • short story by W. Grant Stewart
• 59 • Quotidian Courage • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 62 • The Snail • (2001) • short story by Zora Neale Hurston
• 63 • Different Times Have Different "Adans" • (1978) • short story by Helen Mitchnik
• 65 • The Story of the King and the Four Girls • (1892) • short story by Charles Swynnerton
• 72 • The Story of the Demon Who Ate People, and the Child • (1905) • short story by A. C. Hollis
• 75 • De White Man's Prayer • (2001) • short story by Zora Neale Hurston
• 76 • When Common Sense Makes No Sense • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 78 • The Ghost of Farnell • (1964) • short story by R. Macdonald Robertson
• 80 • The Fox and Her Children and Nekhailo the Loafer • (1986) • short story by Irina Zheleznova
• 82 • The Lion Who Drowned in a Well • (1986) • short story by Irina Zheleznova
• 86 • The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal • (1894) • short story by Flora Annie Steel
• 89 • Friend or Foe? • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 91 • The Bee and the Ásya • (1905) • short story by H. R. Voth
• 94 • The Broken Friendship • (1909) • short story by Cecil Henry Bompas
• 97 • The Lady and the Unjust Judge • (1898) • short story by Allan Ramsay (variant of The Hanoum and the Unjust Cadi)
• 100 • Today Me, Tomorrow Thee • (1969) • short story by Jessie Alford Nunn
• 104 • Ole Sis Goose • (1923) • short story by A. W. Eddins
• 105 • Lost • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 107 • The Tale of the Emir's Sword • (1982) • short story by John Charles Edward Bowen
• 112 • The Revolution • (1988) • short story by Robert M. Laughlin
• 116 • The Stone Coat Woman • (1985) • short story by Joseph Bruchac
• 124 • A Swirl of Probabilities • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 126 • The Devil's Little Joke • (1961) • short story by Dagobert D. Runes
• 127 • Solomon and the Vulture • (1966) • short story by Ahmet E. Uysal and Warren S. Walker [as by Ahmet Uysal and Warren S. Walker]
• 130 • The Landlord and His Son • (1963) • short story by Dov Noy
• 132 • Old Man and Old Woman • (1966) • short story by Ella E. Clark
• 132 • The Moon Goddess • (1982) • short story by Morag Loh
• 136 • Xueda and Yinlin • (1994) • short story by Shujiang Li and Karl W. Luckert
• 141 • The World We Travel Toward • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 143 • Im 'Awwad and the Ghouleh • (1989) • short story by Sharif Kanaana and Ibrahim Muhawi
• 145 • An Evil Being Appears at an Appointment Instead of the Right Person • (1917) • short story by Gunnar Landtman
• 148 • The Outwitted Ghost of the Forest • (2006) • short story by
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  (trans. of Der überlistete Waldgeist 1920) [as by Theodor Koch-Grunberg]
• 150 • Using Speculation Machines • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 153 • Still Another Spook • (1988) • short story by Robert M. Laughlin
• 156 • The Oyster and the Shark • (1957) • short story by Ursula McConnel
• 158 • Mr. Fox • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 162 • Mereira and Kape Tautini • (1997) • short story by Bradford Haami
• 164 • On Death's Payroll • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 166 • The Poles of the House • (2006) • short story by Fay-Cooper Cole
• 168 • The Dead Moon • (1891) • short story by M. C. Balfour
• 172 • Legend of Sway-Uock • (1972) • short story by Emerson N. Matson
• 176 • How the Young Maidens Saved Guam Island • (1951) • short story by Eve Grey
• 179 • A Shared Destiny • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 181 • The Meatballs' Leader • (1982) • short story by Amina Shah
• 182 • The Maiden Who Lived with the Wolves • (1972) • short story by Emerson N. Matson
• 184 • The Tale of Nung-kua-ma • (1965) • short story by Wolfram Eberhard
• 188 • Consider the Source • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 190 • Baling with a Sieve • (1893) • short story by Adele M. Fielde
• 193 • The Old Woman and the Lame Devil • (1975) • short story by Thomas C. Blackburn and J. P. Harrington
• 195 • The Woman with Red Leggings • (1991) • short story by Douglas R. Parks
• 197 • The Old Lady of Littledean • (1866) • short story by William Henderson
• 199 • The Milk and Butter Stones • (2006) • short story by Alan Bruford
• 203 • The Inexhaustible Meal-Chest • (1977) • short story by Seán Ó hEochaidh
• 208 • Unhistoric Acts • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 210 • The Long Haired Girl • (1983) • short story by John Minford
• 217 • The Good Lie • (1977) • short story by Arthur Scholey
• 219 • Ayak and Her Lost Bridegroom • (1974) • short story by Francis Mading Deng
• 223 • Bluejay Brings the Chinook Wind • (1966) • short story by Ella E. Clark
• 226 • The Lions of Vancouver • (1939) • short story by Marion E. Gridley
• 228 • Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 231 • Notes (Outfoxing Fear) • (2006) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• 253 • For Further Reading (Outoxing Fear) • (2006) • short fiction by Kathleen Ragan