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• 9 • Introduction (Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries) • (1975) • essay by Arthur Liebman (variant of Introduction (Quickie Thrillers)) [as by Dr. Arthur Liebman]
• 15 • The Oval Portrait • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 20 • Was It a Dream? • (1903) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of La morte 1887)
• 36 • An Inhabitant of Carcosa • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 41 • The Leopard Man's Story • non-genre • (1903) • short story by Jack London
• 47 • Gabriel-Ernest • (1909) • short story by Saki
• 65 • April Fool • (1954) • short story by Mark Van Doren
• 73 • Every Fifth Man • non-genre • (1969) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 78 • Loaded with Money • (1967) • short story by Anthony Marsh
• 92 • Another American Tragedy • non-genre • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• 101 • The Leakage • (1970) • short story by Frank Sisk
• 112 • We Spy • (1970) • short story by Clark Howard
• 121 • A Crazy Way to Make a Living • (1969) • short fiction by Ed Dumonte
• 126 • Blurred View • non-genre • (1964) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 132 • Every Litter Bit Hurts • non-genre • (1968) • short story by Michael Avallone
• 139 • Package Deal • (1965) • short story by Jack Ritchie
• 149 • In a Glass Darkly • (1934) • short story by Agatha Christie
• 157 • At Last, the True Story of Frankenstein • (1965) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 165 • The Real Thing • (1966) • short story by Robert Specht
• 170 • Time Trammel • (1956) • short story by Miriam Allen deFord
• 177 • X Marks the Pedwalk • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 184 • Crime on Mars • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Trouble with Time)