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• xi • Introduction (Cutting Edge) • (1986) • essay by Dennis Etchison
• 3 • Blue Rose • [Blue Rose] • (1985) • novella by Peter Straub
• 56 • The Monster • (1986) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 67 • Lacunae • [Kane] • (1986) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• 81 • "Pale, Trembling Youth" • (1986) • short story by W. H. Pugmire and Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 87 • Muzak for Torso Murders • (1986) • short story by Marc Laidlaw
• 97 • Goodbye, Dark Love • (1986) • short story by Roberta Lannes
• 103 • Out There • (1986) • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 114 • Little Cruelties • (1986) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 128 • The Man with the Hoe • (1986) • short story by George Clayton Johnson
• 141 • They're Coming for You • (1986) • short story by Les Daniels
• 149 • Vampire • (1986) • poem by Richard Christian Matheson
• 152 • Lapses • (1986) • short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 170 • The Final Stone • (1986) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 191 • Irrelativity • (1986) • short story by Nicholas Royle
• 205 • The Hands • (1986) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 217 • The Bell • (1986) • short story by Ray Russell
• 227 • Lost Souls • (1986) • short story by Clive Barker
• 241 • Reaper • (1986) • novelette by Robert Bloch
• 266 • The Transfer • (1986) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 276 • Pain • (1986) • novelette by Whitley Strieber