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• xv • Summation 2005: Fantasy • essay by Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link
• xli • Summation 2005: Horror • essay by Ellen Datlow
• lxxxi • Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2005 • essay by Edward Bryant
• xcvii • Graphic Novels: 2005 • essay by Charles Vess
• cv • Anime and Manga: 2005 • [Anime and Manga reviews for The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror] • essay by Joan D. Vinge
• cix • Music of the Fantastic: 2005 • essay by Charles de Lint
• cxv • Obituaries: 2005 • essay by James R. Frenkel [as by James Frenkel]
• 1 • Walpurgis Afternoon • (2005) • novelette by Delia Sherman
• 17 • The Mushroom Duchess • (2005) • short story by Deborah Roggie
• 25 • An Incident at Agate Beach • (2005) • novelette by Marly Youmans
• 47 • Among the Tombs • (2005) • short story by Reggie Oliver
• 60 • Obedience, or The Lying Tale • (2005) • poem by Jennifer Chang
• 62 • American Morons • (2005) • short story by Glen Hirshberg
• 72 • Shallaballah • (2005) • short story by Mark Samuels
• 78 • Night Train: Heading West • (2005) • poem by Sarah Monette
• 80 • Denial • (2005) • short story by Bruce Sterling (variant of The Denial)
• 92 • Northwest Passage • (2004) • novelette by Barbara Roden
• 113 • Proboscis • (2005) • novelette by Laird Barron
• 129 • Kronia • (2005) • short story by Elizabeth Hand
• 132 • Omens • (2005) • poem by Kelly Everding
• 133 • Follow Me Light • (2005) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• 143 • Boatman's Holiday • (2005) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 153 • The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode In On) • (2005) • short fiction by Howard Waldrop
• 166 • Where Angels Come In • (2005) • short story by Adam Nevill [as by Adam L. G. Nevill]
• 177 • Twilight States • (2005) • short story by Albert E. Cowdrey
• 190 • Jolly Bonnet • (2005) • poem by Andrew Bonia
• 192 • The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai • (2005) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 214 • The Souls of Drowning Mountain • (2005) • short story by Jack Cady
• 223 • The Last One • (2005) • short story by Robert Coover
• 231 • The Ball Room • (2005) • short fiction by Emma Bircham and
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
  and Max Schaefer [as by Emma Bircham and
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
  and Max Schäfer]
• 240 • Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus • (2005) • poem by Theodora Goss
• 241 • Vacation • (2005) • short story by Daniel Wallace (1959-)
• 251 • Cruel Sistah • (2005) • short story by Nisi Shawl
• 258 • Ding-Dong-Bell • (2005) • short story by Jay Russell
• 271 • A Case Study of Emergency Room Procedure and Risk Management by Hospital Staff Members in the Urban Facility • (2005) • short story by Stacey Richter
• 277 • The Scribble Mind • (2005) • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 295 • Scarecrow • (2005) • short story by Tom Brennan
• 299 • Going the Jerusalem Mile • (2005) • short story by Chaz Brenchley
• 311 • Grief • (2005) • poem by Willa Schneberg
• 313 • Boman • (2005) • novella by Pentti Holappa (trans. of Boman 1959)
• 334 • The Machine of a Religious Man • (2005) • short story by Ralph Robert Moore
• 348 • Hot Potting • (2005) • short story by Chuck Palahniuk
• 355 • My Father's Mask • (2005) • novelette by Joe Hill
• 369 • The Guggenheim Lovers • (2005) • short story by Isabel Allende (trans. of Los amantes del Guggenheim 2004)
• 376 • A Statement in the Case • (2005) • short story by Theodora Goss
• 383 • The Pavement Artist • (2004) • short story by Dave Hutchinson
• 398 • The Gypsies in the Wood • [The Diogenes Club] • (2005) • novella by Kim Newman
• 461 • Honorable Mentions: 2005 • essay by uncredited
• 479 • The People Behind the Book (The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection) • essay by uncredited