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• ix • Introduction (My Favorite Horror Story) • essay by Mike Baker and Martin H. Greenberg
• 1 • Sweets to the Sweet (introduction) • (1982) • essay by Stephen King
• 2 • Sweets to the Sweet • (1947) • shortstory by Robert Bloch
• 11 • The Father-Thing (introduction) • essay by Ed Gorman
• 12 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick
• 26 • The Distributor (introduction) • essay by F. Paul Wilson
• 27 • The Distributor • (1958) • shortstory by Richard Matheson
• 47 • A Warning to the Curious (introduction) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• 48 • A Warning to the Curious • (1925) • shortstory by M. R. James
• 68 • Opening the Door (introduction) • essay by Peter Atkins
• 70 • Opening the Door • (1931) • shortstory by Arthur Machen
• 85 • The Colour Out of Space (introduction) • essay by Richard Laymon
• 89 • The Colour Out of Space • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1927) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 124 • The Inner Room (introduction) • essay by Peter Straub
• 125 • The Inner Room • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
• 162 • Young Goodman Brown (introduction) • essay by Rick Hautala
• 163 • Young Goodman Brown • (1835) • shortstory by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 179 • The Rats in the Walls (introduction) • essay by Michael Slade
• 180 • The Rats in the Walls • (1924) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 204 • The Dog Park (introduction) • essay by Richard Christian Matheson
• 205 • The Dog Park • (1993) • shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• 219 • The Animal Fair (introduction) • (1995) • essay by Joe R. Lansdale
• 220 • The Animal Fair • (1971) • shortstory by Robert Bloch
• 236 • The Pattern (introduction) • essay by Poppy Z. Brite
• 237 • The Pattern • (1976) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• 258 • The Tell-Tale Heart (introduction) • essay by Joyce Carol Oates
• 259 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • shortstory by Edgar Allan Poe
• 266 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (introduction) • essay by Dennis Etchison
• 267 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • (1890) • shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
• 279 • The Human Chair (introduction) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 281 • The Human Chair • (1956) • shortstory by Edogawa Rampo (trans. of 人間椅子(Ningen Isu) 1925)
• 299 • About the Authors (My Favorite Horror Story) • essay by uncredited