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• 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