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• Introduction (The John Collier Reader) • (1972) • essay by Anthony Burgess
• Chapters 8 and 9 from Defy the Foul Fiend or the Misadventures of a Heart • (1934) • short fiction by John Collier
• Bottle Party • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Evening Primrose • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• Witch's Money • non-genre • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early? • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Fallen Star • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Three Bears Cottage • non-genre • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Pictures in the Fire • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Wet Saturday • non-genre • (1938) • short story by John Collier
• Squirrels Have Bright Eyes • non-genre • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Halfway to Hell • (1934) • short story by John Collier
• The Lady on the Gray • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Incident on a Lake • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Over Insurance • non-genre • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• The Frog Prince • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Season of Mists • non-genre • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• Without Benefit of Galsworthy • non-genre • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• The Devil George and Rosie • (1934) • novelette by John Collier (variant of The Devil, George, and Rosie)
• Ah, the University! • non-genre • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Back for Christmas • non-genre • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Another American Tragedy • non-genre • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• Collaboration • non-genre • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Gavin O'Leary • (1945) • short story by John Collier
• If Youth Knew, If Age Could • non-genre • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• Special Delivery • (1941) • novelette by John Collier
• Rope Enough • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Green Thoughts • (1931) • short story by John Collier
• Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives • non-genre • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Bird of Prey • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Variation on a Theme • (1935) • short story by John Collier
• Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! • non-genre • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• The Steel Cat • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• Sleeping Beauty • non-genre • (1938) • short story by John Collier
• Interpretation of a Dream • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Mary • (1939) • short story by John Collier
• Hell Hath No Fury • (1934) • short story by John Collier
• In the Cards • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Spring Fever • (1951) • short story by John Collier
• Youth from Vienna • (1951) • novelette by John Collier
• Possession of Angela Bradshaw • (1934) • short story by John Collier (variant of The Possession of Angela Bradshaw)
• The Chaser • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• Mademoiselle Kiki • (1958) • short story by John Collier
• Son of Kiki • (1972) • short story by John Collier
• A Matter of Taste • non-genre • (1956) • short story by John Collier
• A Dog's a Dog • (1972) • short story by John Collier
• Man Overboard • (1960) • novelette by John Collier
• The Tender Age • (1956) • short story by John Collier