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• 5 • Introduction II (Omniumgathum: An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy) • essay by Jonathan Bacon
• 5 • Introduction I (Omniumgathum: An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy) • essay by Steve Troyanovich
• 7 • Man's Question • (1931) • poem by P. Schuyler Miller
• 7 • Life • poem by Harry Warner, Jr.
• 7 • Star Gods • poem by Alan Moss
• 7 • Thru Calvary • (1920) • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 7 • Immortality • poem by Edith Ogutsch
• 8 •  The Ballad of Venus Nell • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
• 9 • The Ballad of Venus Nell • (1942) • poem by Nelson S. Bond
• 12 • The Watcher • (1942) • poem by Kenneth Patchen
• 13 • In the Cathedral • (1974) • poem by A. Merritt
• 13 • Bells • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 14 • Dear Friend • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 14 • The Last Gate • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 14 • A Poem About Bone Cancer in Children • (1974) • poem by James Wade
• 14 • Escape • poem by Hannes Bok
• 14 • Limbo • poem by H. Warner Munn
• 15 • Dante Returns from the City • poem by H. Warner Munn
• 15 •  Dante Returns from the City • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
• 16 • Listen! The Grass Is Dying • poem by Edith Ogutsch
• 16 • A Recluse Answers • poem by Edith Ogutsch
• 16 • A Lovely Riddle • (1871) • poem by Lewis Carroll
• 17 •  A Lovely Riddle • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 18 • Pictures & Paints • poem by Mervyn Peake
• 18 •  Pictures & Paints • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
• 19 • Fish or Fowl • poem by Mervyn Peake
• 19 • To All Soundless Things • (1954) • poem by Lucile Coleman
• 19 • The Rhino and the Lark • poem by Mervyn Peake
• 20 •  Moon Dancers • interior artwork by Charles Vess
• 21 • Vision • poem by Hannes Bok
• 21 • Moon Dancers • poem by Hannes Bok
• 22 •  The Princess of Urbs • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell
• 23 • The Ka of Kor-Sethon • (1943) • poem by Hannes Bok
• 23 • If One Should Tell Me • poem by Winona Morris Nation
• 23 • The Princess of Urbs • (1948) • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum]
• 23 • Thomas Conner, the Ancient • (1948) • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum]
• 23 • Tis the Voice of the Sluggard • (1865) • poem by Lewis Carroll
• 24 • Cats • poem by Andre Norton
• 24 • Fairy Gold • poem by H. Warner Munn
• 24 • Moon Music • (1953) • poem by Lucile Coleman
• 24 • Haunted Pharos • (1949) • poem by Lucile Coleman
• 24 • The Night I Was Born • poem by Winona Morris Nation
• 24 • Shipster's Tale • poem by Hannes Bok
• 25 • Mordor • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 25 • The Last Cohort • poem by Andre Norton
• 25 • Song of the Barbarian Swordsman • poem by Andre Norton
• 25 • The Last Pagan Speaks • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 25 • The Midges' Dance • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 26 • Tonight • poem by Steve Eng [as by John Bredon]
• 26 • Remember the Night • poem by Michael Moorcock
• 26 • Black Harps in the Hills • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • Two Peoples • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 27 • Adventure ("Adventure, I have followed your beck ...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • There Will Be Other Times • (1959) • poem by Poul Anderson
• 27 • To Harry the Oliad Men • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 28 •  The Sphinx of the Infinite • interior artwork by Bernie Englum
• 29 • Human Sacrifice • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 29 • To Sappho in Hell • poem by Winona Morris Nation
• 29 • Memnon • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 29 • The Sphinx of the Infinite • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 29 • Hellas • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 30 • The Mortuary • (1971) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 30 • Questions • poem by Tevis Clyde Smith
• 30 • Graveyard • poem by Hannes Bok
• 31 •  Questions (To Robert E. Howard) • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 32 •  Questions (To Robert E. Howard) [2] • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 33 • Speak Well of the Dead • (1912) • poem by William Hope Hodgson
• 33 • Background to "Questions" • essay by Tevis Clyde Smith
• 34 • Scorpion Wind • poem by Andrew Darlington
• 34 • Abandoned Factory Yard • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 34 • Nightmare Number Ten • poem by Edith Ogutsch
• 34 • The Drowned Car • (1970) • poem by Ramsey Campbell
• 35 • Mimosa • poem by William Hope Hodgson
• 35 • Laeta: A Lament • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 35 • Skeleton • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 36 • The Bride of the Sea • poem by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of Unda; or, The Bride of the Sea 1916)
• 36 •  The Bride of the Sea • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
• 40 •  Man Is the Sea's Child • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr.]
• 41 • Ripples • (1925) • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 41 • Lullaby • (1971) • poem by Donald Sidney-Fryer [as by Donald S. Fryer]
• 41 • Candle's End • (1968) • poem by Emil Petaja
• 41 • The River • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum
• 41 • Man Is the Sea's Child • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 42 •  The Shores of Night • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 43 • A Fragment • (1971) • poem by Donald Sidney-Fryer [as by Donald S. Fryer]
• 43 • The Wind Trail • (unknown) • poem by A. Merritt (variant of Song for Wood Horns 1910)
• 43 • The Shores of Night • (1947) • poem by August Derleth
• 44 • The Silver Birches • (1940) • poem by A. Merritt
• 44 • Mist • poem by James Wade
• 44 • The Tide • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 45 • Braxa • (1963) • poem by Roger Zelazny
• 45 • The Unusual Thing • poem by Gordon Larkin
• 46 •  The Burial of the Hydra • interior artwork by Bernie Englum
• 47 • Wings • poem by Andrew Darlington
• 47 • Journeys into the Mythical Present • poem by Andrew Darlington
• 47 • The Burial of the Hydra • (1970) • poem by Eddy C. Bertin
• 48 • The Naked Land • (1942) • poem by Kenneth Patchen
• 48 • Inspiration • (1916) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 48 • Jacksnipe Over • (1971) • poem by August Derleth
• 48 • Something Left Behind • (1971) • poem by August Derleth
• 48 • Odyssey - 4 • poem by Hannes Bok
• 49 • Dreamdust • poem by Ruth M. Eddy
• 49 • Kudzu Vine • poem by Muriel E. Eddy
• 49 • I Forgot • poem by Muriel E. Eddy
• 49 • My House, Full of Shadows • (1970) • poem by Eddy C. Bertin
• 50 •  Dead Love • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr.]
• 51 • Upon the Occasion of Being Asked to Argue That Love and Marriage Are Incompatible • (1973) • poem by Poul Anderson
• 51 • Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Debate the Topic of What It Is About His Lady That Pleaseth Him the Most • (1972) • poem by Poul Anderson (variant of Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Declare That About His Lady Which Pleases Him the Most)
• 51 • Rescue by a Certain Lady • poem by Tevis Clyde Smith
• 51 • My Love • poem by James Wade
• 51 • L'Amour Supreme • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (trans. of L'amour suprème unpublished)
• 51 • Dead Love • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 52 • Sinister Sonnet • poem by James Wade
• 52 • Shadows Over Squamous • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• 52 •  Shadows Over Squamous • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
• 53 • Weirditties • (1944) • poem by Hannes Bok and Nichol
• 53 • Visions from Aeons ... Dead? • poem by Brian Lumley
• 53 • First Contact • poem by A. E. van Vogt
• 53 • Theseus • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
• 54 • Weirditties of Science • (1951) • poem by Hannes Bok
• 54 • Illusion • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 54 • Litrachoor • poem by Henry S. Whitehead
• 55 • Let 'Er Rip! • poem by C. M. Eddy, Jr. [as by Cliff Eddy]
• 55 • The Dead Bookworm • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by John J. Jones]
• 55 • The Simple Speller's Tale • (1915) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 56 •  Nevermore • interior artwork by Randy Mohr
• 57 • The Campus at Midnight • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 57 • The Jackal • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 57 • New Year's Eve • poem by Ruth M. Eddy
• 57 • Nevermore • poem by William Hope Hodgson
• 58 • Tiger Girl • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 58 • The Pow'r of Wine • (1916) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 60 • Bio-Sketches • essay by uncredited
• 64 •  Omniumgathum • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• bc •  Omniumgathum • interior artwork by Jeff Easley