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• 7 • Introduction (The Evil People) • (1968) • essay by Peter Haining
• 11 • The Nocturnal Meeting (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) • (1849) • short fiction by William Harrison Ainsworth [as by W. H. Ainsworth]
• 29 • The Peabody Heritage • (1957) • novelette by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft
• 51 • The Witch's Vengeance • (1930) • short story by William B. Seabrook
• 63 • The Snake • (1933) • short story by Dennis Wheatley
• 79 • Prince Borgia's Mass • [Chronicles of the City-States • 1] • (1931) • short story by August Derleth
• 87 • Secret Worship • [John Silence] • (1908) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood
• 121 • The Devil-Worshipper • (1968) • short story by Francis C. Prevot (variant of The Devil Worshipper 1923) [as by Francis Prevot]
• 127 • Archives of the Dead • (1968) • novelette by Basil Copper
• 159 • Mother of Serpents • (1936) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 170 • The Witch • non-genre • (1949) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 171 • Cerimarie • (1924) • short story by Arthur J. Burks (variant of Voodoo)
• 185 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
• 201 • Never Bet the Devil Your Head • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Never Bet Your Head 1841)