Contents: • Introduction (Final Shadows) • essay by Charles L. Grant 1 • The Boarder • shortstory by Wendy Webb 12 • Magpie • shortstory by Stephen Gallagher 29 • Fastening • shortstory by Julie R. Good 39 • Past Tense • shortstory by Brian Hodge 50 • Under the Boardwalk • shortstory by Lori Allen [as by Lori Negridge Allen ] 58 • The Picnickers • novelette by Brian Lumley 79 • Fry Day • shortstory by Melanie Tem 89 • Out Behind the Shed • shortstory by Bill Pronzini 95 • Fear a' Ghorta • shortstory by Peter Tremayne 108 • The Sweetest Rain • shortstory by Nancy Holder 120 • Wrong Side of the Road • shortstory by Norman Partridge 136 • Island of the Seals • shortstory by Samantha Lee (variant of The Island of the Seals 1977) 143 • Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds • shortstory by Michael Bishop 162 • The Stone Face • shortstory by Colin Greenland 181 • Medusa's Child • shortstory by Kim Antieau 191 • The Tape • shortstory by Jessica Palmer 200 • The Dark Places in Between • shortstory by Karen Haber 216 • I'll See You on Saturday Night • shortstory by Guy N. Smith 227 • Beijing Craps • novelette by Graham Masterton 250 • Samhain • shortstory by Bernard Taylor 268 • The Mermaid • shortstory by Tanith Lee 279 • Rescheduled • shortstory by Mike Chinn 285 • Going Away • shortstory by Craig Shaw Gardner 296 • A Father's Dream • shortstory by Chet Williamson 307 • The Magic House • shortstory by Lynn S. Hightower 320 • When They Gave Us Memory • shortstory by Dennis Etchison 336 • A Sailor's Pay • shortstory by Jack Cady 354 • Something About Camilla • shortstory by Juleen Brantingham 366 • Parallax • shortstory by Nicholas Royle 378 • The Door • shortstory by Sharon Webb 391 • Photo-Call • shortstory by David Sutton 403 • Against the Skin • shortstory by Mark Morris 418 • Of Natural Causes • shortstory by Ashley McConnell 432 • Mulberry's Crystal • shortstory by Brian Mooney and Stephen Jones 441 • Together • shortstory by David Garnett [as by David S. Garnett ] 456 • The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves • novelette by David Morrell