11 • Introduction: Of Fads and Frights • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
17 • Uncle Otto's Truck • [Castle Rock] • (1983) • Stephen King
36 • 3.47 AM • (1983) • David Langford
46 • Mistral • (1983) • Jon Wynne-Tyson
60 • Out of Africa • (1983) • David Drake
68 • The Wall-Painting • (1983) • Roger Johnson
84 • Keepsake • (1983) • Vincent McHardy
93 • Echoes • (1983) • Lawrence C. Connolly
97 • After-Images • (1983) • Malcolm Edwards
111 • The Ventriloquist's Daughter • (1983) • Juleen Brantingham
119 • Come to the Party • (1983) • Frances Garfield
128 • The Chair • (1983) • Dennis Etchison
149 • Names • (1983) • Jane Yolen
155 • The Attic • (1983) • Billy Wolfenbarger
163 • Just Waiting • (1983) • Ramsey Campbell
175 • One for the Horrors • (1983) • David J. Schow
187 • Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) • (1983) • Tanith Lee
210 • Spring-Fingered Jack • (1983) • Susan Casper
214 • The Flash! Kid • (1983) • Scott Bradfield
227 • The Man with Legs • (1983) • Al Sarrantonio