vii • Introduction • essay by L. P. Hartley
1 • The Telephone • short story by Mary Treadgold
9 • The Claimant • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
18 • Napoleon's Hat • short story by Evelyn Fabyan
34 • The Bull • short story by Rachel Hartfield
42 • The House That Wouldn't Keep Still • short story by L. A. G. Strong
49 • The Doctor • short story by Kathleen Freeman [as by Mary Fitt]
56 • On No Account, My Love • short story by Elizabeth Jenkins
67 • The Ghost in the Valley • • short story by Lord Dunsany
70 • The Day of the Funeral • short story by Margaret Lane
82 • Take Your Partners • short story by Ronald Blythe
89 • Someone in the Lift • short story by L. P. Hartley
95 • Ringing the Changes • novelette by Robert Aickman
127 • The Tower • short story by Marghanita Laski
135 • I Became Bulwinkle • short story by Jonathan Curling
142 • Mrs. Smiff • short story by Collin Brooks
158 • Somebody Calls • short story by James Laver
163 • Harry • short story by Rosemary Timperley
178 • The Shades of Sleepe • short story by Ursula Codrington
185 • The Woman in Black • short story by Daniel George
198 • A Laugh on the Professor • short story by Shane Leslie
204 • Poor Girl • short story by Elizabeth Taylor
226 • The House in the Glen • short story by John Connell
237 • The King of Spades • short story by Nancy Spain
246 • The Uninvited Face • short story by Michael Asquith
265 • Animals or Human Beings • short story by Angus Wilson
271 • Remembering Lee • short story by Eileen Bigland
286 • Who Is Sylvia? • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
vii • Introduction • essay by L. P. Hartley
1 • The Telephone • short story by Mary Treadgold
9 • The Claimant • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
18 • Napoleon's Hat • short story by Evelyn Fabyan
34 • The Bull • short story by Rachel Hartfield
42 • The House That Wouldn't Keep Still • short story by L. A. G. Strong
49 • The Doctor • short story by Kathleen Freeman [as by Mary Fitt]
56 • On No Account, My Love • short story by Elizabeth Jenkins
67 • The Ghost in the Valley • • short story by Lord Dunsany
70 • The Day of the Funeral • short story by Margaret Lane
82 • Take Your Partners • short story by Ronald Blythe
89 • Someone in the Lift • short story by L. P. Hartley
95 • Ringing the Changes • novelette by Robert Aickman
127 • The Tower • short story by Marghanita Laski
135 • I Became Bulwinkle • short story by Jonathan Curling
142 • Mrs. Smiff • short story by Collin Brooks
158 • Somebody Calls • short story by James Laver
163 • Harry • short story by Rosemary Timperley
178 • The Shades of Sleepe • short story by Ursula Codrington
185 • The Woman in Black • short story by Daniel George
198 • A Laugh on the Professor • short story by Shane Leslie
204 • Poor Girl • short story by Elizabeth Taylor
226 • The House in the Glen • short story by John Connell
237 • The King of Spades • short story by Nancy Spain
246 • The Uninvited Face • short story by Michael Asquith
265 • Animals or Human Beings • short story by Angus Wilson
271 • Remembering Lee • short story by Eileen Bigland
286 • Who Is Sylvia? • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]