All stories first published here except "The Hunter" and "The Terrapin".
"The Hunter", novella by David Case. First published in "The Cell: Three Tales of Horror" (1969).
"The Instant Divorce", poem by David Learmont Aitken.
"In Mother's Loving Memory", short story by Barry Martin.
"Ashes to Ashes", short story by Alan Hillery.
"The Terrapin", short story by Patricia Highsmith. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 40. No 4, October 1962.
"Sergeant Lacey Demonstrates", short story by Norman P. Kaufman as by Norman Kaufman.
"Borderline", short story by James Jauncey.
"Pieces of Mary", short fiction by Robert Ashley.
"Miss Fletcher's Plum Tree", novelette by Frank Neate.
"The Nursery Club", short story by Martin Ricketts.
"Laura", short story by Barry Martin.
"The Dancing Shoes", short story by Rachel Kemper.
"The Peg-Doll", short story by Rosemary Timperley.
"Man With a Knife", short story by T. H. McCormick.
mixed original and reprint anthology containing eleven short stories, a novelette, a novella and a poem
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 25p, 6c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, 95c canadada
192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
(this may be the a second state of the first printing, or the second printing: the first printing would prob'ly've given both 5/- and 25p as the uk cover price)
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undated 12th printing, near-identical 13th printing
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price £1.75 (no overseas territories' prices)
twelfth printing by indica printing history number line
192pp. including 8pp. titles, indica etc, 2 end pp. advertising
refer to indica to distinguish from near-identical thirteenth printing by its additional number line
#1: ''the pan book of horror stories'' ed. herbert van thal (1959), q.v. for series listing, and links.