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• ix • Uneasy Introduction to the Second Anthology (Dark Delicacies II: Fear) • essay by Del Howison
• xi • Foreword: the Act of Creation (Dark Delicacies II: Fear) • essay by Ray Harryhausen
• 1 • Sunrise on Running Water • novelette by Barbara Hambly
• 23 • Dog • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 38 • The Accompanist • short story by John Harrison (I)
• 52 • Where There's a Will... • short story by Robert Masello
• 69 • Stacy and Her Idiot • short story by Peter Atkins
• 81 • Amusement • short story by Tananarive Due
• 94 • The Great Wall: A Story from the Zombie War • short story by Max Brooks
• 101 • Words, Words, Words! • short story by Gary Brandner
• 108 • Between Eight and Nine O'Clock • novelette by Ray Garton
• 135 • First Born • short story by John Farris
• 151 • A Host of Shadows • short story by Harry Shannon
• 162 • What the Devil Won't Take ... • short story by L. A. Banks
• 179 • The Y Incision • short story by Steve Niles
• 199 • The Unlikely Redemption of Jared Pierce • short story by Joey O'Bryan
• 212 • Queen of the Groupies • short story by Greg Kihn
• 222 • Season Premiere • short story by James Sallis
• 227 • I Am Coming to Live in Your Mouth • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• 246 • The Ammonite Violin (Murder Ballad No. 4) • (2006) • short story by
  Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 261 • Afterword: Dark Delicacies Last Word - A Modest Proposal (Dark Delicacies II: Fear) • essay by Jeff Gelb
• 265 • About the Contributors (Dark Delicacies II: Fear) • essay by uncredited