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• 9 • Introduction (Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror) • (2010) • essay by Ellen Datlow
• 13 • Foreword (Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror) • (2010) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 23 • Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
• 59 • Dancing Chickens • (1984) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 69 • The Greater Festival of Masks • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 77 • The Pear-Shaped Man • (1987) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 107 • The Juniper Tree • [Blue Rose] • (1988) • novelette by Peter Straub
• 137 • Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds • (1988) • short story by Dan Simmons
• 145 • The Power and the Passion • (1989) • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 159 • The Phone Woman • (1990) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• 173 • Teratisms • (1991) • short story by Kathe Koja
• 183 • Chattery Teeth • (1992) • novelette by Stephen King
• 215 • A Little Night Music • (1992) • short story by Lucius Shepard
• 231 • Calcutta, Lord of Nerves • (1992) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• 245 • The Erl-King • (1993) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• 283 • The Dog Park • (1993) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 297 • Rain Falls • (1994) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• 309 • Refrigerator Heaven • (1995) • short story by David J. Schow
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  • (1995) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• 335 • Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) • (1996) • poem by Neil Gaiman
• 343 • The Specialist's Hat • (1998) • short story by Kelly Link
• 357 • The Tree Is My Hat • (1999) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 383 • Heat • (1999) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 393 • No Strings • (2000) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 403 • Stitch • (2002) • short story by Terry Dowling
• 417 • Dancing Men • (2003) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• 451 • My Father's Mask • (2005) • novelette by Joe Hill