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• 7 • Introduction (Lurking Shadows) • essay by Christopher Lee
• 9 • The Dream Makers • (1953) • novelette by Robert Bloch
• 37 • Mrs. Amworth • (1922) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 53 • The Hands of Mr. Ottermole • non-genre • (1929) • novelette by Thomas Burke
• 72 • After the Ball • (1933) • short story by John Collier
• 92 • The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies • (1962) • short story by John Jakes [as by John W. Jakes]
• 98 • The Ghost of Fear • (1926) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of The Red Room 1896)
• 108 • The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 130 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 136 • The Lurking Fear • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft