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• ix • Introduction (100 Menacing Little Murder Stories) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 1 • 40 Detectives Later • (1957) • short fiction by Henry Slesar
• 8 • 600 W • (1945) • short story by Basil Wells
• 12 • Action • (1992) • short story by David J. Schow
• 23 • All the Angles • (1954) • short story by Basil Wells
• 30 • Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With • (1990) • short story by Stefan Jackson
• 39 • Aunt Dolly • (1992) • short story by Ardath Mayhar
• 47 • The Backslider • (1925) • short story by John Metcalfe
• 55 • Blank ... • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 61 • Bless Us O Lord • (1992) • short story by Ed Gorman (variant of Bless Us Oh Lord)
• 65 • The Blind Spot • non-genre • (1914) • short story by Saki
• 69 • Boomerang • (1939) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 76 • Close Calls • (1978) • short story by John Lutz
• 80 • The Cobblestones of Saratoga Street • (1964) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 89 • Come Clean • (1938) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 97 • A Considerable Murder • (1928) • short story by Barry Pain
• 113 • The Creek, It Done Riz • (1991) • short story by Ardath Mayhar
• 130 • Damp Sheets • (1929) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 145 • The Dead Woman • (1934) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller]
• 156 • Death Double • (1963) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 159 • Desert Pickup • (1970) • short story by Richard Laymon
• 165 • Dramatic Touch • (1934) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 189 • Fixing Mr. Foucher's Fence • (1994) • short story by Todd Mecklem
• 194 • Footsteps of Fear • non-genre • (1920) • short story by Vincent Starrett
• 201 • Four-in-Hand • (1989) • short story by William Relling, Jr.
• 220 • Hi, Mom! • (1992) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 228 • Hiding Place • (1956) • short story by Basil Wells
• 246 • Homesick • non-genre • (1996) • short story by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]
• 260 • I Could Kill You! • (1952) • short story by Judith Merril
• 264 • Johnny Halloween • (1992) • short story by Norman Partridge
• 289 • The Last Pin • (1940) • short story by Howard Wandrei
• 295 • Like Father, Like Son • non-genre • short story by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]
• 301 • Listen • (1983) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 311 • Locking Up • (1986) • short story by John Maclay
• 314 • The Longest Pleasure • short story by C. J. Henderson
• 317 • The Man Who Was Everywhere • (1957) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 331 • Moon-Face • non-genre • (1902) • short story by Jack London
• 336 • Murder • (1992) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• 348 • Murder in the Fourth Dimension • (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 376 • Old Charlie • (1984) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 395 • Ormond Always Pays His Bills • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 400 • The Pattern • (1971) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 408 • The Phone Call • (1996) • short story by Roman A. Ranieri
• 411 • Posthumous • (1994) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• 413 • The Price of the Devil • (1997) • short story by John L. French [as by J. L. French]
• 421 • The Queen of Corpses • (1940) • short story by Costa Carousso
• 429 • Remains to Be Seen • (1961) • short story by Jack Ritchie
• 437 • The Right Kind of House • (1957) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 444 • The Rod and the Staff • (1937) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 450 • The Shill • non-genre • (1958) • short story by Milton Lesser [as by Stephen Marlowe]
• 463 • The Stocking • (1968) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 488 • The Test • non-genre • (1920) • short story by Maurice Level (trans. of Confrontation 1910)
• 491 • The Tin Ear • (1966) • short story by Ron Goulart
• 499 • Today's Special • non-genre • (1972) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 519 • Two Inches in Tomorrow's Column • non-genre • (1965) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 524 • Tyrannosaurus • non-genre • (1994) • short story by Norman Partridge
• 528 • Unwinding • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey
• 541 • Walks • (1997) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 562 • Will Lunch Be Ready on Time? • (1992) • short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
• 577 • The Woman at the Pond • (1964) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 584 • Woodland Burial • (1981) • short story by Frank Belknap Long