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• A Landlady's Lament • (1986) • poem by Ramsey Campbell
• A Mother's Tender Love • (1986) • poem by Jo Fletcher
• A Slice of Life • (1986) • poem by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Good Ship "Revenger": or, What the Crew Don't Know Won't Hurt Me • poem by Galad Elflandsson
• Another Cursed House Story (or) Always Enquire About the Prior Tenants • (1986) • poem by John M. Ford
• Auntie Ethel • poem by Richard Hill (I)
• Catcawls • poem by Samantha Lee
• Chocolate and Worms • poem by David Garnett
• In the Dark • poem by Storm Constantine
• Lights Out • poem by Alex Stewart
• Mummy's Blocked the Lav Again • poem by John Grant
• Nasty Snow • poem by Jody Scott
• Now We Are Sick • (1986) • poem by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones
• Radio Nasty • poem by Stephen Gallagher
• Rice Pudding • poem by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• Something Came Out of the Toilet • poem by John Brosnan [as by Harry Adam Knight]
• The Answering Machine • poem by S. P. Somtow
• The Borgia Brats • poem by Garry Kilworth
• The Children's Hour • (1986) • poem by Alan Moore
• The Dangers of Colour TV • poem by John Brosnan (variant of The Dangers of Colour T.V. 1974) [as by Simon Ian Childer]
• The Dream of Omar K. Yam • poem by David Sutton
• The Haunted Henhouse: or The Irate Ghost of Thomas Hood • poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• The Secret Book of the Dead • poem by Terry Pratchett
• The Thing at the Top of the Stairs • poem by Sharon Baker
• Things that Go Bump in the Night • poem by Ian Pemble
• Waiting... • poem by James Herbert
• Warning: Death May Be Injurious to Your Health • poem by Robert Bloch
• When the Music Breaks • poem by R. A. Lafferty
• Why Private War or, "Why They Pinned This Name on My Progenitor" • (1986) • poem by Gene Wolfe
• You Always Eat the One You Love • poem by Kim Newman
• You're Deceased, Father William • poem by Colin Greenland
•  Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse • interior artwork by Clive Barker and Andrew Smith (artist)