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• ix • Introduction (Songs of a Dead Dreamer) • (1985) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• 3 • The Frolic • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 19 • Les Fleurs • (1981) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 28 • Alice's Last Adventure • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 49 • Dream of a Mannikin • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 66 • The Chymist • [The Nyctalops Trilogy • 1] • (1981) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 79 • Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes • [The Nyctalops Trilogy • 2] • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 90 • Eye of the Lynx • [The Nyctalops Trilogy • 3] • (1983) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 100 • Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story • (1985) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 125 • The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise: A Tale of Possession in Old Grosse Pointe • (1983) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 135 • The Lost Art of Twilight • (1986) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 155 • The Troubles of Dr. Thoss • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 168 • Masquerade of a Dead Sword: A Tragedie • (1986) • short story by Thomas Ligotti (variant of Masquerade of a Dead Sword)
• 191 • Dr. Voke and Mr. Veech • (1983) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 202 • Professor Nobody's Little Lectures on Supernatural Horror • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 213 • Dr. Locrian's Asylum • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 224 • The Sect of the Idiot • [Azathoth] • (1988) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 236 • The Greater Festival of Masks • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 244 • The Music of the Moon • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 253 • The Journal of J. P. Drapeau • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 260 • Vastarien • (1987) • short story by Thomas Ligotti