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• vii • Introduction (The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings ) • essay by Dennis Pepper
• 1 • The Landlady • (1959) • short story by Roald Dahl
• 12 • Call First • (1975) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 19 • We'll Look After You • (1990) • short story by Robin Klein
• 29 • Sweet Shop • (1985) • short story by Marc Alexander
• 38 • Those Three Wishes • short story by Robert Scott
• 41 • The Loony • (1984) • short story by Alison Prince (variant of The Looney)
• 56 • Ghost Hunter • (1981) • short story by Sydney J. Bounds
• 64 • The Mystery of the Semi-Detached • (1893) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 68 • A Face in the Night • (1985) • short story by Ruskin Bond
• 71 • Such a Sweet Little Girl • (1982) • short story by Lance Salway
• 82 • Mr. Lupescu • (1945) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 87 • Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• 93 • A Sharp Attack of Something or Other • (1935) • short story by T. H. White
• 99 • Voodoo • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 101 • The Candidate • non-genre • (1961) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 109 • The Near Departed • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 112 • The Statuette • (1983) • short fiction by Kenneth Ireland
• 120 • The Meeting • short story by Robert Scott
• 121 • The Talking Head • short story by Robert Scott
• 122 • Paths • (1984) • short story by John Christopher
• 129 • The Veldt • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 144 • The Old Burying Place ... • (1938) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• 148 • Hey, You Down There! • (1971) • short story by Harold Rolseth (variant of Hey You Down There!)
• 160 • A Hundred Steps • short story by Robert Scott
• 161 • Revival Meeting • (1969) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 163 • Death's Murderers • short story by Geraldine McCaughrean
• 170 • The Cathedral Crypt • (1935) • short story by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon Harris]
• 177 • One Chance • non-genre • (1935) • short story by Ethel Helene Coen
• 180 • The Secret of City Cemetery • (1994) • short story by Patrick Bone
• 185 • The Helpful Undertaker • (1985) • short story by Robert Scott
• 186 • The Davenport • (1979) • short story by Jack Ritchie
• 189 • Every Litter Bit Hurts • non-genre • (1968) • short story by Michael Avallone
• 196 • Cop for a Day • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 204 • On the Sidewalk Bleeding • non-genre • (1957) • short story by Evan Hunter
• 206 • The Skeleton in the Closet • (1993) • short story by Judy Dockrey Young and Richard Young