Contents: * Introduction by J.N. Williamson * "Popsy" by Stephen King * "Second Sight" by Ramsey Campbell * "The Yard" by William F. Nolan * "The New Season" by Robert Bloch * "The Near Departed" by Richard Matheson * "Ice Sculptures" by David B. Silva * "Wiping the Slate Clean" by G. Wayne Miller * "The Litter" by James Kisner * "Splatter: A Cautionary Tale" by Douglas E. Winter * "Deathbed" by Richard Christian Matheson * "American Gothic" by Ray Russell * "Moist Dreams" by Stanley Wiater * "Dog, Cat, and Baby" by Joe R. Lansdale * "Nothing from Nothing Comes" by Katherine Ramsland * "If You Take My Hand, My Son" by Mort Castle * "Maurice and Mog" by James Herbert * "Fish Story" by Dennis Hamilton * "Outsteppin’ Fetchit" by Charles R. Saunders * "In the Tank" by Ardath Mayhar * "Hidey Hole" by Steve Rasnic Tem * "The Night Is Freezing Fast" by Thomas F. Monteleone * "Buried Talents" by Richard Matheson * "Lake George in High August" by John Robert Bensink * "Wordsong" by J.N. Williamson * "The Man Who Drowned Puppies" by Thomas Sullivan * "The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead" by Alan Rodgers