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• 7 • Introduction (Masques II) • (1987) • essay by J. N. Williamson
• 13 • Popsy • (1987) • short story by Stephen King
• 25 • Second Sight • (1987) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 31 • The Yard • (1987) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 39 • The New Season • (1987) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 46 • The Near Departed • non-genre • (1987) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 49 • Ice Sculptures • (1987) • short story by David B. Silva
• 59 • Wiping the Slate Clean • (1987) • short story by G. Wayne Miller
• 66 • The Litter • (1987) • short story by James Kisner
• 77 • Splatter: A Cautionary Tale • (1987) • short story by Douglas E. Winter
• 86 • Deathbed • (1987) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• 88 • American Gothic • (1987) • short story by Ray Russell
• 103 • Moist Dreams • (1987) • short story by Stanley Wiater
• 107 • Dog, Cat, and Baby • (1987) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 109 • Nothing from Nothing Comes • (1987) • short story by Katherine Ramsland
• 118 • If You Take My Hand, My Son • (1987) • short story by Mort Castle
• 127 • Maurice and Mog • (1987) • short story by James Herbert
• 135 • Fish Story • (1987) • short story by Dennis Hamilton
• 146 • Outsteppin' Fetchit • (1987) • short story by Charles R. Saunders
• 152 • In the Tank • (1987) • short story by Ardath Mayhar
• 158 • Hidey Hole • (1987) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 163 • The Night Is Freezing Fast • (1987) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 172 • Buried Talents • (1987) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 179 • Lake George in High August • (1987) • short story by John Robert Bensink
• 183 • Wordsong • (1987) • short story by J. N. Williamson
• 190 • The Man Who Drowned Puppies • (1987) • short story by Thomas Sullivan
• 196 • The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead • (1987) • novelette by Alan Rodgers