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•  The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab • interior artwork by Earl Geier
• vii • The Figure in the Flying Carpet • (1996) • essay by Robert M. Price
• 1 • The Terrible Parchment • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 7 • Dr. Xander's Cottage • (1941) • short story by Martin D. Brown
• 11 • The Mantle of Graag • short story by Robert A. W. Lowndes and Frederik Pohl and Dirk Wylie [as by Henry Dockweiller and Robert A. W. Lowndes and Frederick Pohl]
• 16 • Settler's Wall • (1968) • novelette by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 37 • The Howler in the Dark • [John Taggart] • (1984) • novelette by Richard L. Tierney
• 62 • Demons of Cthulhu • (1959) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 73 • The Castle in the Window • (1968) • short story by Steffan B. Aletti
• 81 • Concerning the Forthcoming Inexpensive Paperback Translation of the Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred • (1992) • novelette by John Brunner
• 105 • The Adder • [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] • (1989) • short story by Fred Chappell
• 123 • Preface to the Al-Azif • essay by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Preface (Al Azif) 1973)
• 128 • John Dee's Necronomicon: A Fragment • (1996) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 131 • Introitus (The Necronomicon: The Dee Translation) • [The Necronomicon: The Dee Translation] • (1989) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 131 • The Doom of Yakthoob • [The Book of Episodes • 1] • (1971) • short story by Lin Carter
• 133 • The Thing Under Memphis • [The Book of Episodes • 2] • (1984) • short story by Lin Carter
• 136 • In the City of Pillars • [The Book of Episodes • 3] • (1974) • short story by Lin Carter (variant of The City of Pillars)
• 139 • The Vault Beneath the Mosque • [The Book of Episodes • 5] • (1985) • short story by Lin Carter
• 142 • Mnomquah • [The Book of Episodes • 6] • (1985) • short story by Lin Carter
• 148 • The Madness Out of Time • [The Book of Episodes • 7] • (1986) • short story by Lin Carter
• 154 • Dreams of the Black Lotus • [The Book of Episodes • 8] • (1987) • short story by Lin Carter
• 158 • The Shadow from the Stars • [The Book of Episodes • 9] • (1988) • short story by Lin Carter
• 163 • Of the Powers of the Sorcerer • [The Book of Preparations • 1] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 164 • Of That Which Is Needful to Sorcery • [The Book of Preparations • 2] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 165 • Of the Old Ones and the Favors They Bestow • [The Book of Preparations • 3] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 166 • Of the Times and Seasons to Be Observed • [The Book of Preparations • 4] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 168 • Of the Powers of the Moon • [The Book of Preparations • 5] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 168 • Concerning Them from Outside • [The Book of Preparations • 6] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 170 • The Punishment of the Old Ones • [The Book of Preparations • 7] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 171 • Of That Which Is Foretold of Their Return • [The Book of Preparations • 8] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 172 • The Liers-in-Wait • [The Book of Preparations • 9] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 173 • Of the Worlds Beyond This World, and the Modes of Travel • [The Book of the Gates • 1] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 174 • Of Foul Necromancy • [The Book of the Gates • 2] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 175 • The Peril That Lurketh Beyond Time • [The Book of the Gates • 3] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 176 • Those That Aid the Unnamable Devourers • [The Book of the Gates • 4] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 177 • Of Tindalos, and the Hounds Thereof • [The Book of the Gates • 5] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 178 • If Thou Wouldst Raise the Dead • [The Book of the Gates • 6] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 179 • To Send Back Down That Which Thou Hast Called Up • [The Book of the Gates • 7] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 180 • Of the Signs of Hnaa • [The Book of the Gates • 8] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 181 • Of the Dream-Gates • [The Book of the Gates • 9] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 182 • Of Koth, and the Sign of Koth • [The Book of the Gates • 10] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 183 • The Ritual of the Silver Key • [The Book of the Gates • 11] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 184 • 'Umr At-Tawil • [The Book of the Gates • 12] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 185 • Of Opening the Door to Yog-Sothoth • [The Book of the Gates • 13] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 186 • The Ninth Verse that Summoneth Yog-Sothoth • [The Book of the Gates • 14] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 187 • Of Them from Outside and Their Spawn • [The Book of the Gates • 15] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 188 • Somewhat of the Gates That Open to Beyond • [The Book of the Gates • 16] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 189 • Of Leng and the Mysteries Thereof • [The Book of the Gates • 17] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 189 • Of the Coming-Hence of the Old Ones • [The Book of the Gates • 18] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 192 • Of Calling Up That Which Thou Canst Not Put Down • [The Book of Dismissals • 1] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 192 • The Openers of the Way • [The Book of the Gates • 19] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 194 • Of the Several Modes to Enforce the Dismissal • [The Book of Dismissals • 2] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 195 • Of Ib, and the Vengeance Thereof • [The Book of Dismissals • 3] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 197 • Of the Five-Pointed Star Carven of Grey Stone • [The Book of Dismissals • 4] • (1990) • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 199 • The Sussex Manuscript • (1989) • novelette by Fred L. Pelton
• 234 • Why Abdul Al Hazred Went Mad • (1950) • short story by D. R. Smith
• 239 • History of the Necronomicon (An Outline) • (1992) • short fiction by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of History of the Necronomicon 1938)
• 242 • The Life of the Master (A Biography of Abdul Alhazred by His Student, El-Rashi) • (1984) • short story by David T. St. Albans
• 242 •  The Life of the Master • interior artwork by David T. Pudelwitts [as by David Pudelwitts]
• 255 • A Critical Commentary on the Necronomicon • (1988) • novella by Robert M. Price