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• ix • Introduction (The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories) • (1994) • essay by Tom Shippey
• 1 • The Demon Pope • (1888) • short story by Richard Garnett
• 9 • The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 23 • Through the Dragon Glass • short story by A. Merritt [as by Abraham Merritt]
• 35 • The Nameless City • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1921) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 46 • The Wind in the Portico • (1928) • novelette by John Buchan
• 66 • The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 88 • Xeethra • [Zothique] • (1934) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 105 • Jirel Meets Magic • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1935) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 135 • The Bleak Shore • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 144 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
• 156 • See You Later • [Hogben • 4] • (1949) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 174 • Liane the Wayfarer • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • short story by Jack Vance
• 184 • The Desrick on Yandro • [John the Balladeer] • (1952) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 195 • The Silken-Swift • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 212 • Operation Afreet • [Operation Chaos] • (1956) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 238 • The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off of Eye Street • (1962) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 244 • The Sudden Wings • (1962) • short story by Thomas Burnett Swann
• 263 • Same Time, Same Place • (1963) • short story by Mervyn Peake
• 271 • Timothy • [Anita] • (1966) • short story by Keith Roberts
• 283 • The Kings of the Sea • [Brigadier Ffellowes] • (1968) • novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• 300 • Not Long Before the End • [Magic Goes Away] • (1969) • short story by Larry Niven
• 311 • The Wager Lost by Winning • [Traveller in Black] • (1970) • novelette by John Brunner
• 342 • Lila the Werewolf • [Sam Farrell] • (1969) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 361 • Johanna • (1978) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 364 • The Erl-King • (1987) • short story by Angela Carter (variant of The Erlking 1977)
• 372 • Beyond the Dead Reef • [Quintana Roo] • (1983) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 388 • Subworld • (1983) • novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 409 • Bite-Me-Not or Fleur de Fur • novelette by Tanith Lee (variant of Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu 1984)
• 433 • The Night of White Bhairab • (1984) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
• 464 • Thorn • (1984) • short story by Robert Holdstock
• 480 • Troll Bridge • [Discworld] • (1992) • short story by Terry Pratchett