xiii • Introduction (100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz

1 • Across the Moors • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey

5 • Attorney for the Damned • (1936) • short story by Renier Wyers

13 • Away • (1985) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg

16 • Behind the Screen • (1934) • short story by Ronal Kayser [as by Dale Clark]

24 • Black Gold • (1937) • short story by Thorp McClusky

29 • Bone to His Bone • (1912) • short story by E. G. Swain

36 • The Burned House • (1916) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan

43 • Clocks • (1989) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer

46 • The Closed Door • (1933) • short story by Harold Ward

53 • The Coat • (1934) • short story by A. E. D. Smith

59 • The Cold Embrace • (1860) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [as by Mary E. Braddon]

67 • Coming Home • (1990) • short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

75 • Concert to Death • (1934) • short story by Paul Ernst

82 • The Considerate Hosts • (1939) • short story by Thorp McClusky

92 • Daddy • (1986) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem

95 • Dark Mummery • (1944) • short story by Thorp McClusky

103 • Date in the City Room • (1939) • short story by Talbot Johns

107 • A Dead Secret • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn

109 • The Door • (1924) • short story by Henry S. Whitehead

113 • Drowned Argosies • (1934) • short story by J. Wilmer Benjamin

117 • Dust • (1932) • short story by Edna Goit Brintnall

121 • Edge of the Cliff • (1941) • short story by Dorothy Quick

124 • Faces • [Strange Tales from Santo Domingo] • (1927) • short story by Arthur J. Burks

131 • Fancy That • (1988) • short story by J. N. Williamson

135 • Father Macclesfield's Tale • (1907) • short story by R. H. Benson

141 • The Furnished Room • (1904) • short story by O. Henry

147 • The Garret of Madame Lemoyne • (1928) • short story by Kirk Mashburn [as by W. K. Mashburn, Jr.]

153 • The Ghost and the Bone-Setter • [The Purcell Papers • 1] • (1975) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]

161 • A Ghost-Child • (1906) • short story by Bernard Capes

167 • The Ghost Farm • (1925) • short story by Susan Andrews Rice

170 • Ghost Story • (1977) • short story by Alan Brennert (variant of Skyghosts and Dusk-Devils)

174 • The Ghosts at Haddon-le-Green • (1938) • short story by Alfred I. Tooke

176 • Ghosts of the Air • (1926) • short story by J. M. Hiatt and Moye W. Stephens

182 • Gibbler's Ghost • (1974) • short story by William F. Nolan (variant of Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese)

186 • A Grammatical Ghost • (1898) • short story by Elia W. Peattie

191 • The Grey Room • short story by Stefan Grabiński? (trans. of Szary pokój 1918) [as by Stefan Grabinski]

198 • Guarded • (1938) • short story by Mearle Prout

203 • Harmless Ghosts • [Penelope Pettiweather] • (1990) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

209 • The Haunted Burglar • (1897) • short story by W. C. Morrow

213 • He Walked by Day • (1934) • short story by Julius Long

219 • Her New Parents • (1988) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem

225 • Highwaymen • (1929) • short story by W. Benson Dooling

229 • The Honor of Don Pedro • (1935) • short story by Wallace J. Knapp

236 • The House of Shadows • (1933) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman

243 • How He Left the Hotel • (1894) • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin [as by Louisa Baldwin]

247 • Jerry Bundler • (1897) • short story by W. W. Jacobs

254 • John Charrington's Wedding • (1891) • short story by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit]

260 • Kharu Knows All • (1936) • short story by Renier Wyers

266 • The Last of Squire Ennismore • (1888) • short story by Mrs. J. H. Riddell

272 • The Light Was Green • (1938) • short story by John Rawson Speer

279 • McGill's Appointment • (1926) • short story by Elsie Ellis

281 • The Man on B-17 • (1950) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]

286 • Mandolin • (1934) • short story by Will Oursler [as by Will Charles Oursler]

289 • The Metronome • (1934) • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth]

295 • Miss Prue • (1981) • short story by Fred Chappell

298 • Monsieur De Guise • (1911) • short story by Perley Poore Sheehan

303 • Mordecai's Pipe • (1936) • short story by A. V. Milyer

305 • The Murderer's Violin • (1860) • short story by Alexandre Chatrian and Émile Erckmann? (trans. of Le violon du pendu) [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]

311 • The Night Caller • (1989) • short story by Gary L. Raisor [as by G. L. Raisor]

315 • The Night Wire • (1926) • short story by H. F. Arnold

321 • O Come Little Children ... • (1989) • short story by Chet Williamson

330 • On the Brighton Road • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton

333 • Our Late Visitor • (1975) • short story by Marvin Kaye

337 • Out of Copyright • (1980) • short story by Ramsey Campbell

344 • Pacific 421 • (1944) • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth]

352 • The Pedicab • short story by Donald R. Burleson

358 • The Phantom Express • (1926) • short story by H. Thompson Rich

360 • The Piper from Bhutan • (1938) • short story by David Bernard (1930s)

366 • Rats • (1929) • short story by M. R. James

371 • The Readjustment • (1908) • short story by Mary Austin

377 • Rebels' Rest • (1950) • short story by Seabury Quinn

384 • Relationships • (1989) • short story by Robert Sampson

390 • Rendezvous • (1936) • short story by Richard H. Hart

397 • The Return • (1892) • short story by R. Murray Gilchrist

402 • The Return • (1924) • short story by G. G. Pendarves

406 • Rose Rose • (1910) • short story by Barry Pain

412 • Safety Zone • (1990) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg

418 • Shadows Cast Behind • (1927) • short story by Otto E. A. Schmidt

426 • Shadows in the Grass • (1983) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem (variant of Shadows on the Grass)

430 • The Sixth Tree • (1924) • short story by Edith Lichty Stewart

434 • The Soul of Laploshka • (1910) • short story by Saki

438 • The Sphinx Without a Secret • (1887) • short story by Oscar Wilde

442 • The Splendid Lie • (1932) • short story by S. B. H. Hurst

445 • A Sprig of Rosemary • (1933) • short story by H. Warner Munn

452 • The Stone Coffin • (1913) • short story by B

458 • A Strange Goldfield • (1904) • short story by Guy Boothby

464 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce

468 • Summerland • (1957) • short story by Avram Davidson

472 • The Terrible Old Man • (1921) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft

475 • The Terror by Night • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson

481 • The Theater Upstairs • (1936) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman

487 • Thirteen Phantasms • (1936) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith

490 • Three Gentlemen in Black • (1938) • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth]

498 • The Tree-Man Ghost • (1928) • short story by Percy B. Prior

502 • The True History of Anthony Ffryar • (1911) • short story by Arthur Gray

508 • Two • (1988) • short story by Al Sarrantonio

516 • Under the Eaves • (1932) • short story by Helen M. Reid

519 • A Visitor from Far Away • (1936) • short story by Loretta Burrough

525 • Waiter Number 34 • (1935) • short story by Paul Ernst

534 • The Woman in Gray • (1935) • short story by Walker G. Everett

539 • The Word of Bentley • (1933) • short story by E. Hoffmann Price