IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE copyright © Brian Hodge 2005. Originally published in Outsiders: 22 All New Stories from the Edge. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE OTHER FAMILY copyright © Roberta Lannes 2005. Originally published in Don't Turn Out the Light. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE OUTERMOST BOROUGH copyright © Gahan Wilson 2005. Originally published in Dark Delicacies. Reprinted by permission of the author.

AMERICAN MORONS copyright © Glen Hirshberg 2005. Originally published in Darkness Rising. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agents, Anderson Grinberg Literary Management, Inc.

WHERE ANGELS COME IN copyright © Adam L. G. Nevill 2005. Originally published in Poe's Progeny: An Anthology of Contemporary Stories Inspired by Classic Dark Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

SICKHOUSE HOSPITALITY copyright © Terry Lamsley 2005. Originally published in Don't Turn Out the Light. Reprinted by permission of the author.

BEST NEW HORROR copyright © Joe Hill 2005. Originally published in PostScripts Number 3, Spring 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

LA PEAU VERTE copyright © Caitlin R. Kiernan 2005. Originally published in To Charles Fort, with Love. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TIME WAS copyright © David Morrell 2005. Originally published in Taverns of the Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.

HAECKEL'S TALE copyright © Clive Barker 2005. Originally published in Dark Delicacies. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE TAINT copyright © Brian Lumley 2005. Originally published in Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, Dorian Literary Agency.

THE WINNER copyright © Ramsey Campbell 2005. Originally published in Taverns of the Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, John Jarrold Literary Agency.