xiii • Introduction: Gather Ye Nosegays • essay by Marvin Kaye 1 • Ghosts and Miscellaneous Nightmares • essay by Marvin Kaye 3 • The Others • (1987) • shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates 8 • Tap Dancing • (1991) • shortstory by John Gregory Betancourt 14 • The Hungry Stones • (1916) • shortstory by Rabindranath Tagore 25 • The Southwest Chamber • (1903) • novelette by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 42 • The Lost Room • (1858) • shortstory by Fitz-James O'Brien 57 • The Ghost to His Ladye Love • (1869) • poem by W. S. Gilbert 59 • The Happy Children • (1920) • shortstory by Arthur Machen 64 • Darby O'Gill and the Good People • (1901) • shortstory by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh 77 • Keeping His Promise • (1906) • shortstory by Algernon Blackwood 90 • A Day in the Life of Comrade Lenin • shortstory by Carole Buggé 103 • The Throwing Suit • (1990) • shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer and Jason Van Hollander 120 • The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies • (1962) • shortstory by John Jakes 127 • The Beast Within • essay by Marvin Kaye 129 • Fidel Bassin • (1925) • shortstory by W. J. Stamper 137 • Unsigned Original • (1975) • shortstory by Parke Godwin 142 • The Clemency of the Court • (1893) • shortstory by Willa Cather 150 • The Empty Zoo • (1965) • shortstory by Edward D. Hoch 157 • Beyond Sleep • (1970) • shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg 160 • Finnegan's Wake • (unknown) • poem by Traditional 162 • Bianca's Hands • (1947) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon 171 • The Iron Man • (1940) • shortstory by Frederick Lang 175 • Sagittarius • (1962) • novella by Ray Russell 208 • Wolf • (1966) • shortstory by Michael Moorcock 215 • An Illusion in Red and White • (1900) • shortstory by Stephen Crane 221 • Acts of God and Other Horrors • essay by Marvin Kaye 223 • Man Overboard • (1899) • shortstory by Winston Churchill 227 • The People of the Pit • (1918) • shortstory by A. Merritt 242 • In the Avu Observatory • (1894) • shortstory by H. G. Wells 249 • In the Valley of the Shades • shortstory by C. H. Sherman 256 • The Thing in the Hall • (1912) • shortstory by E. F. Benson 267 • The Inchcape Rock • (1802) • poem by Robert Southey 270 • Mr. Wilde's Second Chance • (1966) • shortstory by Joanna Russ 273 • The Dreams in the Witch-House • (1933) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft 307 • The Little Man on the Subway • (1950) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl 319 • The Poems • (1945) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury 331 • Vision Quest • shortstory by Pat LoBrutto 343 • Contes Cruelles • essay by Marvin Kaye 345 • The Man in the Bottle • (1973) • shortstory by Gustav Meyrink 351 • A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • shortstory by Ambrose Bierce 355 • Remember Me • shortstory by Joan Vander Putten 371 • The Pardon • (1883) • shortstory by Emilia Pardo Bazán 381 • The One Thousand Dozen • (1903) • shortstory by Jack London 396 • Carmanda • (1976) • shortstory by Jessica Amanda Salmonson 401 • The Spirit of Hospitality • (1991) • poem by Saralee Kaye [as by Saralee Terry ] 403 • The Cripple • (1933) • shortstory by Maurice Level 407 • The Squaw • (1893) • shortstory by Bram Stoker 418 • Pictures • shortstory by Irving Werner 426 • The Necklace • (1884) • shortstory by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of La parure) 434 • The Necklace • (1946) • shortstory by Jack Moffitt 449 • Fiends and Creatures • essay by Marvin Kaye 451 • Midnight • (1946) • shortstory by Jack Snow 457 • Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin • (1978) • shortstory by Marvin Kaye 463 • Amina • (1907) • shortstory by Edward Lucas White 473 • Simpson's Lesser Sphynx • (1984) • shortstory by Esther M. Friesner 478 • Dress of White Silk • (1951) • shortstory by Richard Matheson 485 • The Palace of the Mountain Ogre: A Chinese Hansel and Gretel • shortstory by Toby Sanders 495 • Snow White Waking • (1991) • poem by Adèle Slaughter 497 • The Little Witch of Elm Street • (1956) • shortstory by Mildred Clingerman 506 • The Brown Man's Servant • (1896) • novelette by W. W. Jacobs 529 • Poppa Bear • (1989) • shortstory by Alvin Vogel 541 • In Letters of Fire • (1908) • shortstory by Gaston Leroux 558 • Green Magic • (1963) • shortstory by Jack Vance