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• Introduction (Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America) • essay by Peter Haining
• The New Melusina • (1816) • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Die neue Melusine) [as by Johann von Goethe]
• The Ghost-Seer, or The Apparitionist • non-genre • [Der Geisterseher • 1] • (1972) • novel by Friedrich von Schiller (trans. of Der Geisterseher 1789) [as by J. F. von Schiller]
• The Harp • (1811) • short story by
  Karl Theodor Körner^?Karl Theodor Koerner
  (trans. of Die Harfe)
• The Wild Huntsman! Or The Demon's Skeleton Chase • [
  Baron Munchausen / Münchhausen^?Baron Munchausen / Muenchhausen
  ] • (1972) • short fiction by
  Gottfried August Bürger^?Gottfried August Buerger
  (trans. of
  Der wilde Jäger^?Der wilde Jaeger
  1786) [as by Gottfried August Burger]
• The Bride of the Grave • (1972) • novelette by Ernst Raupach (trans. of
  Laßt die Todten ruhen^?Lasst die Todten ruhen
  1822) [as by Johann Ludwig Tieck (in error)]
• The Field of Terror • (1972) • short story by
  Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué^?Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouque
  (trans. of Das Schauerfeld 1814) [as by Baron de La Motte Fouqué]
• The Bottle-Imp • (1972) • novelette by
  Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué^?Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouque
  (trans. of
  Das Galgenmännlein^?Das Galgenmaennlein
  1814) [as by
  Johann Karl August Musäus (in error)^?Johann Karl August Musaeus (in error)
  ]
• The Spectre Barber • (1972) • novella by
  Johann Karl August Musäus^?Johann Karl August Musaeus
  (trans. of Stumme Liebe 1786) [as by Anonymous]
• The Cremona Violin • (1946) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Rath Krespel 1818)
• The Fatal Marksman • (1972) • novelette by A. Apel (trans. of
  Der Freischütz^?Der Freischuetz
  1810) [as by Johann August Apel]
• The Devil's Ladder • (1972) • short story by Alois Wilhelm Schreiber (trans. of Die Teufelsleiter 1829)
• The Hall of Blood • (1972) • short story by Julia Pardoe (variant of The Hall of Blood: A Hungarian Tradition 1844) [as by Professor von Kramer (in error)]
• The Witch of Eye • (1972) • short story by Henry Neele [as by Francois Baculard d'Arnaud (in error)]
• The Unholy Compact Abjured • (1825) • short story by uncredited (variant of The Heroism of Love 1826) [as by Charles Pigault-Lebrun]
• The Wandering Jew's Sentence • (1972) • short story by
  Eugène Sue^?Eugene Sue
• The Parricide Punished • (1972) • short story by M** à un de ses Amis (trans. of Avanture Singuliere 1766) [as by Anonymous]
• Louise, or The Living Spectre • (1972) • short fiction by H. Clauren (trans. of Der Wehrmann 1810) [as by Anonymous]
• Jan Schalken's Three Wishes • (1972) • short story by H. S. Van Dyk [as by Anonymous]
• Maredata and Giulio, or The Ocean Spirit • (1972) • short story by N. G. (variant of Maredata 1824) [as by Anonymous]
• Valdrwulf, or The Fiend of the Moor • (unknown) • short story by J. Fitzgerald Pennie [as by Anonymous]
• Rip Van Winkle • (1972) • short story by Washington Irving [as by Anonymous]
• Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist • (1803) • novella by Charles Brockden Brown
• The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
• The Christmas Banquet • (1843) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Strange Guests • (1837) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (variant of The Two Ghosts, or Hospitality Rewarded 1825) [as by Anonymous]
• Hugues, the Wer-Wolf • (1838) • short story by Sutherland Menzies
• The Possessed One • (1972) • short story by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
• Ben Blower's Story • (1842) • short story by Charles Fenno Hoffman [as by Charles Hoffman (I)]
• The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• Shadow, a Parable • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1972) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Shadow: A Fable 1835)