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• Introduction (The Starry Wisdom Library) • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 20 • Preface (The Starry Wisdom Library) • essay by Owen Davies
• 22 • ANONYMOUS [Diverse Hands] The Dhol Chants • short story by Robin Spriggs
• 25 • UNKNOWN. The Tablets of Nhing • short story by Kali Wallace
• 29 • UNKNOWN. The Black Tome of Alsophocus • short story by Simon Strantzas
• 33 • SENENMUT, High Priest of Amun. The Scroll of Karnak • short story by Allyson Bird
• 36 • UNKNOWN. The Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan • short story by Genevieve Valentine
• 39 • [ANACHARIS] (pseud.) Hieron Aigypton • short story by Molly Tanzer
• 42 • UNKNOWN. The Chhaya Rituals • short story by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy
• 45 • MOBED, Nestar Mobedan. The Book of the Climbing Lights • short story by Kaaron Warren
• 49 • UNKNOWN. The Book of Dzyan • short story by Daniel Harms
• 52 • U-PAO. The Black Sutra • short story by Don Webb
• 55 • TALIESIN, BROTHER [attrib.] Lebor Gabála Érenn [The Book of Conquests] • short story by Edward R. Morris
• 59 • UNKNOWN. The Nameless Tome • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
• 62 • [EIBON] Liber Ivonis • short story by Michael Cisco
• 65 •  Figure 1.: "Liber Ivonis" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 66 • ALHAZRED, Abdul. The Necronomicon [Al Azif] • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 70 • BEY, Radu. Qanoon-e-Islam • short story by Peter Rawlik
• 73 • VARIOUS. Les Mystères du Ver • short story by John Langan
• 81 • J'CAK [probable pseudonym]. The Black Book of the Skull • short story by Nick Mamatas
• 84 • UNKNOWN. [Fr. Phillipe di Navarre] Las Reglas De Ruina • short story by Livia Llewellyn
• 87 • LUXARDO, G. D. Il Tomo della Bicocca • short story by Jesse Bullington
• 91 • UNKNOWN. The Daemonolorum • short story by Matt Cardin
• 94 •  Figure 2.: "Figure VII" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 95 • de HAMMAIS, Jean-Louis. Cultus Maleficarum • short story by Edward P. Berglund
• 98 • [DEE, John.] The Book of Thoth • short story by Keith Taylor
• 101 •  Figure 3.: "She Who Binds the Dead in Chains" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 102 • UNKNOWN. The Testament of Carnamagos • short story by Gemma Files
• 105 • DE METZ, Gautier. L'Image di Monde: Myrrour of The Worldes • short story by Carrie Cuinn
• 108 • IXCAXOCHITZEN, Juan. El Culto de los Muertos • short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• 111 •  Figure 4.: "El Que Protege El Camino" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 112 • de VÉZELAY, Mme. Isabeau. Cultes des Goules • short story by Karin Tidbeck
• 116 • AUTHORSHIP UNKNOWN. Ssathaat Scriptures • short story by Stephen Jones
• 120 • UMBRIUS, Caius. Liber Damnatus • short story by Donald Tyson
• 123 • BOREL, Pierre (Petrus Borellus) [Attrib.] Practise of Chymicall and Hermeticall Physicke • short story by Andrew Leman
• 126 • UNKNOWN. De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis. "On The Eating of The Dead in The Tomb." • short story by Richard Gavin
• 129 • FRANK, Jacob. [Attributed] The Book of Iod. [Sepher Yodh] • short story by Robert M. Price
• 131 • JERMYN, Sir Wade. Observations on the Several Parts of Africa • short story by Jeffrey John Wells
• 134 • COMPOSER UNKNOWN. Massa De Requiem Per Shuggay. An Opera in Three Acts. • short story by Scott David Aniolowski
• 137 • ANON. The Pnakotic Manuscripts • short story by Christopher D. Hanson
• 140 • CHASTAIN, P. The King in Yellow. A Play, In Two Acts. • short story by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
• 143 •  Figure 5.: "The King in Yellow" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 144 • UNKNOWN. [Sarah Pickman (1780-1810) Attrib.] Remnants of Lost Empires • short story by Selena Chambers [as by S. J. Chambers]
• 148 • UNKNOWN. [Diverse Hands...] The Black Rites • short story by Ann K. Schwader
• 151 • PHILLIPS, Rev. Ward [Kirk, Rev Robert]. Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New English Canaan • short story by Nate Pedersen
• 155 • von Junzt, Friedrich Wilhelm. [1795-1840] Unaussprechlichen Kulten • short story by F. Paul Wilson
• 158 •  Figure 6.: "Tsathoggua" • interior artwork by Liv Rainey-Smith
• 159 • UNKNOWN. The Book of Azathoth • short story by Glynn Owen Barrass
• 163 • SMALLBEAM, Percy. [ed.] The Revelations of Glaaki • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 167 • UNKNOWN. The Ponape Scripture • short story by John Langan and Scott Nicolay
• 170 • WILLIAMS, Simon Gregory [attrib.] The Sesqua Valley Grimoire • short story by W. H. Pugmire (variant of WILLIAMS, Simon Gregory [attrib.] The Sequa Valley Grimoire) [as by W. H. Pugmire, Esq.]
• 174 • CARROLL, Lewis. A. L. S. from Carroll to Miss Alice Liddell • short story by Scott M. Brents