"Stacked Deck." Copyright © 1987 by Bill Pronzini. First published in The New Black Mask #8.
"Angel of Mercy." Copyright © 1996 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Diagnosis: Terminal.
"Night Freight." Copyright © 1967 by Renown Publications, Inc. Revised version copyright © 1991 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.
"Liar's Dice." Copyright © 1992 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"Out Behind the Shed." Copyright © 1991 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Final Shadows.
"Souls Burning." Copyright © 1991 by Bill Pronzini. First published in New Crimes 3.
"Strangers in the Fog." Copyright © 1978 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"Peekaboo." Copyright © 1979 by Charles L. Grant. First published in Nightmares.
"Thirst." Copyright © 1973 by Mercury Press, Inc. Revised version copyright © 1988 by Bill Pronzini. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
"Wishful Thinking?" Copyright © 1999 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First published in Irreconcilable Differences.
"Ancient Evil." Copyright © 1993 by Bill Pronzini. First published in The Ultimate Werewolf.
"The Monster." Copyright © 1996 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"His Name Was Legion." Copyright © 1978 by Renown Publications, Inc. First Published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.
"Out of the Depths." Copyright © 1994 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"The Pattern." Copyright © 1971 by H. S. D. Publications, Inc. First published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
"The Rec Field." Copyright © 1979 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Chrysalis 6.
"Deathwatch." Copyright © 1987 by Bill Pronzini. First published in The Mystery Scene Reader.
"Home." Copyright © 2000 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust.
"Tom." Copyright © 1992 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Cat Crimes II.
"A Taste of Paradise." Copyright © 1994 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"Sweet Fever." Copyright © 1976 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
"Deathlove." Copyright © 1978 by Charles L. Grant. Revised version copyright © 2000 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First published in Shadows.
"Black Wind." Copyright © 1979 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine.
"The Coffin Trimmer." Copyright © 1993 by Bill Pronzini. First published in Touch Wood.
"Funeral Day." Copyright © 1989 by Bill Pronzini. First published in New Crimes.
"I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today." Copyright © 2000 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First published in Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine.