Devils & Demons

Contents: • Introduction (Devils & Demons) • (1987) • essay by Marvin Kaye 3 • The Queen of Sheba's Nightmare: Put Not Thy Trust in Princes • (1954) • shortfiction by Bertrand Russell 9 • The Brazen Locked Room • (1956) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov (variant of Gimmicks Three) 15 • Sir Dominick's Bargain • (1872) • shortstory by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 29 • Tapestry • (1987) • shortfiction by C. H. Sherman 36 • Seven Come Heaven? • (1987) • shortfiction by Diane Wnorowska 47 • The Temptation of Harringay • (1895) • shortstory by H. G. Wells 53 • The Tenancy of Mr. Eex • (1987) • shortfiction by Paula Volsky 81 • The Demon Lover • (1987) • poem by Anonymous 83 • The Imitation Demon • (1954) • shortstory by Robert Kuttner 92 • Just a Little Thing • (1987) • shortfiction by Joan Vander Putten 98 • The Devil's Wager • (1832) • shortstory by William Makepeace Thackeray 108 • Rachaela • (1953) • novelette by Poul Anderson 128 • Hell-Bent • (1951) • shortstory by Ford McCormack 147 • Damned Funny • (1975) • shortstory by Marvin Kaye [as by Eugene D. Goodwin ] 158 • Me, Tree • (1987) • shortstory by Morgan Llywelyn 165 • Enoch • (1946) • shortstory by Robert Bloch 179 • Catmagic • (1987) • shortstory by M. Lucie Chin 195 • The Hound • (1924) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft 203 • The Princess and Her Future • (1983) • shortstory by Tanith Lee 212 • The Novel of the White Powder • (1895) • shortstory by Arthur Machen (variant of Novel of the White Powder) 228 • The Celery Stalk in the Cellar • (1975) • poem by Saralee Kaye [as by Saralee Terry ] 229 • The Vampire Cat of Nabeshima • (1965) • shortfiction by Bernhardt J. Hurwood 235 • Caliban's Revenge • (1978) • shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer 247 • The Trilling Princess • (1987) • shortstory by Jessica Amanda Salmonson 253 • The Graveyard Rats • (1936) • shortstory by Henry Kuttner 260 • Daddy • (1984) • shortstory by Earl Godwin 273 • The Well-Meaning Mayor • [Simon Templar] • (1936) • shortfiction by Leslie Charteris (variant of Don't Shoot the Mayor) 291 • A Madman • (1987) • shortfiction by Maurice Level (variant of A Maniac 1920) [as by Maurice Level and Marvin Kaye ] 294 • The Devilish Rat • (1878) • shortstory by Edward Page Mitchell 303 • Rokuro-Kubi • (1904) • shortstory by Lafcadio Hearn 312 • The Burial of the Rats • (1914) • novelette by Bram Stoker 335 • High-Tech Insolence • (1986) • shortfiction by Russell Baker 338 • Ulalume • (1847) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of To —— —— ——: Ulalume: A Ballad) 342 • Boogie Man • (1987) • shortfiction by Tappan King 352 • The Maze and the Monster • (1963) • shortstory by Edward D. Hoch 358 • Father Meuron's Tale • (1907) • shortstory by R. H. Benson [as by Robert Hugh Benson ] 367 • The Philosophy of Sebastian Trump, or The Art of Outrage • (1975) • shortstory by Robert Shiarella and William Kotzwinkle (variant of The Philosophy of Sebastian Trump, or, The Art of Outrage) [as by William E. Kotzwinkle and Robert Shiarella ] 378 • Don Juan's Final Night • (1987) • shortfiction by Edmond Rostand and Marvin Kaye 423 • A Friend in Need • (1925) • shortfiction by W. Somerset Maugham (variant of The Man Who Wouldn't Hurt a Fly) 431 • Armageddon • (1941) • shortstory by Fredric Brown 437 • Secret Worship • [John Silence] • (1908) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood 469 • Devil in the Drain • (1984) • shortfiction by Daniel M. Pinkwater 472 • I Am Returning • (1961) • shortstory by Ray Russell 477 • The Shadow Watchers • (1975) • shortstory by Dick Baldwin 489 • The Demons • (1953) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley 499 • A Ballad of Hell • (1895) • poem by John Davidson (1857 - 1909) 503 • The Generous Gambler • (1864) • poem by Charles P. Baudelaire [as by Charles Pierre Baudelaire ] 506 • A Midnight Visitor • (1892) • shortstory by John Kendrick Bangs 518 • Markheim • (1885) • shortstory by Robert Louis Stevenson 534 • Lost Soul • (1987) • shortfiction by Jay Sheckley 545 • The Last Demon • (1964) • shortfiction by Isaac Bashevis Singer [as by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Martha Glicklich and Cecil Hemley ] 554 • Influencing the Hell Out of Time and Teresa Golowitz • (1982) • novelette by Parke Godwin 573 • Appendix I: Miscellaneous Notes • (1987) • essay by Marvin Kaye 579 • Appendix II: Who in Hell Are All These Devils? (An Infernal "Lowerarchy") • (1987) • essay by Marvin Kaye 582 • Appendix III: Selected Bibliography and Filmography • (1987) • essay by Marvin Kaye