All stories first published here except "Strange Roots".
"Vortex of Horror", short story by Gaylord Sabatini.
"So Much Work", short story by Conrad Hill.
"Shwartz", short story by Harry E. Turner as by Harry Turner.
"The Rat Trap", short story by Myc Harrison.
"Patent Number". short fiction by Gerald Atkins.
"Strange Roots", novelette by David Case. First published in "Fengriffen and Other Stories" (1971).
"The Clinic", short story by Alex White.
"The Spider and the Fly", short fiction by Myc Harrison.
"Change of Heart", short story by John Snellings.
"The Hook", novelette by Gilbert Phelps.
"The Man and the Boy", short story by Conrad Hill.
"It Came to Dinner", novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
mixed original and reprint anthology containing nine short stories and three novelettes
pan books first printing, first edition & near-identical second printing
cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, uncredited; is on joshkirbyart.com)
cover price 30p, australia 95c, new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. advertising
refer to indica for absence/presence of printing history line giving second printing date 1974
#1: ''the pan book of horror stories'' ed. herbert van thal (1959), q.v. for series listing, and links.