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• 1 • Summation 2008 (The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One) • (2009) • essay by Ellen Datlow
• 35 • Cargo • (2008) • short story by E. Michael Lewis
• 47 • If Angels Fight • (2008) • novelette by Richard Bowes
• 71 • The Clay Party • (2008) • short story by Steve Duffy
• 87 • Penguins of the Apocalypse • (2008) • novelette by William Browning Spencer
• 109 • Esmeralda: The First Book Depository Story • [Book Depository • 1] • (2008) • short story by Glen Hirshberg (variant of Esmeralda)
• 125 • The Hodag • (2008) • short story by Trent Hergenrader
• 135 • Very Low-Flying Aircraft • (2008) • short story by Nicholas Royle
• 145 • When the Gentlemen Go By • (2008) • short story by Margaret Ronald
• 153 • The Lagerstätte • (2008) • novelette by Laird Barron
• 177 • Harry and the Monkey • (2008) • short story by Euan Harvey
• 189 • Dress Circle • (2008) • short story by Miranda Siemienowicz
• 197 • The Rising River • (2008) • short story by Daniel Kaysen
• 211 • Sweeney Among the Straight Razors • (2008) • poem by JoSelle Vanderhooft
• 213 • Loup-garou • (2008) • short story by R. B. Russell
• 221 • Girl in Pieces • [The String City Mysteries • 5] • (2008) • short story by Graham Edwards
• 241 • It Washed Up • (2008) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 243 • The Thirteenth Hell • (2008) • poem by Mike Allen
• 245 • The Goosle • (2008) • short story by Margo Lanagan
• 257 • Beach Head • (2008) • short story by Daniel LeMoal
• 267 • The Man from the Peak • (2008) • short story by Adam Golaski
• 279 • The Narrows • (2008) • novella by Simon Bestwick
• 311 • Honorable Mentions (The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One) • (2009) • essay by uncredited
• 315 • About the Authors (The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One) • (2009) • essay by uncredited