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There are many ways to die. All of them unpleasant. You can be devoured, cursed, poisoned, bedeviled, tortured, drugged, transformed. Which one would you prefer? Not that you have a choice...

Short horror stories, including works by Stephen King, Fritz Leiber, Lord Dunsany, Dennis Etchison, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1982) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Two Bottles of Relish - (1932) - short story by Lord Dunsany
• Deathtracks - (1982) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Always Together - (1982) - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• Toilet Paper Run - (1982) - short story by Juleen Brantingham
• The Green Parrot - (1952) - short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• Fragment from a Charred Diary - (1982) - short story by Davis Grubb
• The Scarf - (1982) - short story by Bernice Balfour
• Sentences - (1982) - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• Prickly - (1982) - short story by David A. Riley
• The Kennel - (1920) - short story by Maurice Level
• Onawa - (1982) - short story by Alan Ryan
• A Telephone Booth - (1982) - short story by Wade Kenny
• Straw Goat - (1982) - short story by Ken Wisman
• Horrible Imaginings - (1982) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• The Blind Spot - (1914) - short story by Saki
• The Dust - (1982) - short story by Al Sarrantonio
• It Grows on You - (1982) - short story by Stephen King
• The Copper Bowl - (1928) - short story by George Fielding Eliot

Contents:

• ix - Introduction (Mad Scientists) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 1 - Sardonicus - (1961) - novelette by Ray Russell
• 43 - Heading Home - (1978) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 49 - The Fourth Seal - (1975) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• 75 - The House on Stillcroft Street - (1975) - short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 85 - The Strange Island of Dr. Nork - (1949) - novelette by Robert Bloch
• 111 - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - (1845) - short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 123 - Conversation Piece - (1979) - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 133 - Clay - (1948) - novelette by C. Hall Thompson
• 161 - Cool Air - (1928) - short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 173 - Big Game Hunt - [Tales from the White Hart] - (1956) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 181 - The Doctor's Heroism - (1946) - short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of L'héroïsme du docteur Hallidonhill 1883)
• 187 - Casting the Runes - (1911) - novelette by M. R. James
• 213 - Sylvester's Revenge - (1975) - short story by Vance Aandahl
• 221 - The Box - (1976) - short story by Lee Weinstein
• 229 - The Manuscript of Dr. Arness - (1966) - short story by Gahan Wilson
• 237 - The Hounds of Tindalos - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1929) - short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 255 - The Dead Line - (1979) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• 269 - At the Bottom of the Garden - (1975) - short story by David Campton
• 283 - A Scent of Sarsaparilla - (1953) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 293 - About the Authors (Mad Scientists) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1977) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Sticks - (1974) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Barrow Troll - (1975) - short story by David Drake
• The Glove - (1975) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Closer of the Way - (1977) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Dark Winner - (1976) - short story by William F. Nolan
• Ladies in Waiting - (1975) - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• White Moon Rising - (1977) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Graduation - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• Mirror, Mirror - (1977) - short story by Ray Russell
• The House of Cthulhu - (1973) - short story by Brian Lumley
• Antiquities - (1977) - short story by John Crowley
• A Weather Report from the Top of the Stairs - (1973) - short story by James Sallis and David Lunde
• The Scallion Stone - (1977) - novelette by Basil A. Smith
• The Inglorious Rise of the Catsmeat Man - (1971) - short story by Robin Smyth
• The Pawnshop - (1977) - short story by Charles E. Fritch
• Le Miroir - short story by Robert Aickman
• The Willow Platform - (1973) - short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• The Dakwa - (1977) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Goat - (1971) - short story by David Campton
• The Chimney - (1977) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Afterword - (1977) - essay by Stuart David Schiff

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Undertow - (1977) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• Berryhill - (1976) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• The King's Shadow Has No Limits - (1975) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Conversation Piece - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• The Stormsong Runner - short story by Jack L. Chalker
• They Will Not Hush - (1974) - short story by James Sallis and David Lunde
• Lex Talionis - novelette by Russell Kirk
• Marianne - (1975) - short fiction by Joseph Payne Brennan
• From the Lower Deep - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• The Fourth Musketeer - short story by Charles L. Grant
• Ghost of a Chance - (1978) - short story by Ray Russell
• The Elcar Special - short story by Carl Jacobi
• The Box - (1976) - short story by Lee Weinstein
• We Have All Been Here Before - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Archie and the Scylla of Hades Hole - short story by Ken Wisman
• Trill Coster's Burden - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Conversation Piece - (1978) - short story by Ward Moore
• The Bait - (1973) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Above the World - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• The Red Leer - short story by David Drake
• At the Bottom of the Garden - (1975) - short story by David Campton
• Afterword essay by Stuart David Schiff

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• The Dead Line - (1979) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Heading Home - (1978) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• King Crocodile - novelette by David Drake
• The Door Below - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• Point of Departure - short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
• Firstborn - short story by David Campton
• The Horses of Lir - short story by Roger Zelazny
• Woodland Burial - short story by Frank Belknap Long
• The River of Night's Dreaming - novella by Karl Edward Wagner
• Who Nose What Evil - (1979) - short story by Charles E. Fritch
• Comb My Hair, Please Comb My Hair - short story by Jean Darling
• A Fly One - (1979) - short story by Steve Sneyd
• The Button Molder - (1979) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• The Final Quest - poem by William F. Nolan
• Afterword - essay by Stuart David Schiff

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• A Night on the Docks - (1982) - short story by Freff
• Into Whose Hands - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• Out of Copyright - (1980) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Come to the Party - short story by Frances Garfield
• The Warrior Who Did Not Know Fear - (1982) - novelette by Gerald W. Page
• Fair Trade - (1982) - short story by William F. Nolan
• I Never Could Say Goodbye - short story by Charles L. Grant
• The Devil You Say! - short story by Lawrence Treat
• Diploma Time - short story by Frank Belknap Long
• What Say the Frogs Now, Jenny? - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• Tell Us About the Rats, Grandpa - short story by Stephen Kleinhen
• The Beholder - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• Creative Coverage, Inc. - novelette by Michael Shea
• The Dancer in the Flames - (1982) - short story by David Drake
• The Reflex-Man in Whinnymuir Close - novelette by Russell Kirk

Table of Contents:

• Preface (1985) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Substitution Trick - (1985) - short story by Connie Willis
• Dreams in Amber - (1985) - short story by David Drake
• Footprints in Perdu - (1985) - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• The Last "One Mo' Once Golden Oldies Revival" - (1985) - short story by F. Paul Wilson
• A Country Home - (1985) - short story by Wade Kenny
• Of Time and Kathy Benedict - (1984) - novelette by William F. Nolan
• Deadspace - (1985) - novelette by Dennis Etchison
• Cabin Number Six - (1985) - short story by Jerry Sohl
• Father's Day - (1985) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The East Beaverton Monster - (1985) - short story by Alan Ryan
• The Horse - (1985) - short story by Libby Tinker
• Return of the Dust Vampires - (1985) - short story by Sharon N. Farber
• For These and All My Sins - (1984) - short story by David Morrell
• Beyond Any Measure - (1982) - novella by Karl Edward Wagner

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1987) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• The Bones Wizard - (1984) - short story by Alan Ryan
• Leaks - (1987) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Everything to Live For - (1987) - short story by Charles L. Grant
• Bogy - (1987) - short story by Al Sarrantonio
• The Fool - (1987) - novelette by David Drake
• Repossession - (1987) - short story by David Campton
• The Years the Music Died - (1987) - short story by F. Paul Wilson
• The Woman in Black - (1984) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• My Name Is Dolly - (1987) - short story by William F. Nolan
• Toad, Singular - (1987) - short story by Juleen Brantingham
• Sleeping Booty - (1987) - short story by Richard Wilson
• Privacy Rights - (1987) - short story by J. N. Williamson
• One for the Horrors - (1983) - short story by David J. Schow
• The Black Clay Boy - (1987) - short story by Lucius Shepard
• Where Did She Wander? - (1987) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Introduction: Terror, Mystery, Wonder - essay by Fritz Leiber
• The Whimper of Whipped Dogs - (1973) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• Jerusalem's Lot - (1978) - novelette by Stephen King
• The October Game - (1948) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• Smoke Ghost - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Belsen Express - (1975) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Special Award--Professional, Donald M. Grant - (1980) - essay by uncredited
• Special Award--Professional, Alternate World Recording, Inc. - essay by uncredited
• The King's Shadow Has No Limits - (1975) - short story by Avram Davidson
• The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign - (1975) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• A Visitor from Egypt - (1930) - short story by Frank Belknap Long
• It Only Comes Out at Night - (1976) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• The Barrow Troll - (1975) - short story by David Drake
• Special Award--Non-Professional, Carcosa - (1980) - essay by Stuart David Schiff
• Special Award--Non-Professional: Stuart David Schiff--Whispers - essay by uncredited
• Two Suns Setting - (1976) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Companion - (1976) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Best Artist--Frank Frazetta - essay by uncredited
• Best Artist--Roger Dean - essay by uncredited
• There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding - (1976) - novelette by Russell Kirk
• Appendix: World Fantasy Awards 1973-1976 - essay by uncredited