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• Introduction (The Collected Macabre Stories) • essay by Mark Valentine
• From the Introduction to Lady Cynthia Asquith's Third Ghost Book • essay by L. P. Hartley
• A Visitor from Down Under • (1926) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Podolo • (1948) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Three, or Four, for Dinner • (1932) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Travelling Grave • (1929) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
• Feet Foremost • (1932) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
• The Cotillon • (1931) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• A Change of Ownership • (1929) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Thought • (1948) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Conrad and the Dragon • (1932) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
• The Island • (1924) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Killing Bottle • (1932) • novelette by L. P. Hartley (variant of The Killing-Bottle 1927)
• A Summons • (1924) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• W. S. • (1952) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Two Vaynes • (1950) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Monkshood Manor • (1954) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Two for the River • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• Someone in the Lift • (1955) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Face • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• The Corner Cupboard • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• The Waits • (1961) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Pampas Clump • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• The Crossways • (1961) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Per Far L'Amore • (1955) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Interference • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• The Pylon • (1961) • short fiction by L. P. Hartley
• Mrs Carteret Receives • (1971) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
• Fall in at the Double • (1970) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Paradise Paddock • (1971) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Roman Charity • (1971) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
• Pains and Pleasures • (1971) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Please Do Not Touch • (1971) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Home Sweet Home • (1971) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Shadow on the Wall • (1969) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Sound of Voices • (1971) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Mrs G. G. • (1972) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• The Stain on the Chair • (1973) • short story by L. P. Hartley
• Night Fears • (1924) • short story by L. P. Hartley