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Contents 1 • Grail • (1981) • novelette by Harlan Ellison 24 • The Willow Platform • (1973) • shortstory by Joseph Payne Brennan 41 • The Night of White Bhairab • (1984) • novelette by Lucius Shepard 74 • The Mangler • (1972) • novelette by Stephen King 93 • The Last Demon • (1964) • shortstory by Isaac Bashevis Singer 103 • The Golden Rope • (1983) • novelette by Tanith Lee 130 • Basileus • (1983) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg 147 • Twilla • (1974) • novelette by Tom Reamy 181 • The Purple Pterodactyls • [W. Wilson Newbury] • (1976) • shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp 196 • Goslin Day • (1970) • shortstory by Avram Davidson 203 • Nellthu • (1955) • shortstory by Anthony Boucher 206 • Snulbug • (1941) • shortstory by Anthony Boucher 221 • One Other • [John the Balladeer] • (1953) • shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman 237 • An Ornament to His Profession • [Conrad Patrick] • (1966) • novelette by Charles L. Harness 279 • Further Reading (Demons!) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann 284 • About the Editors (Demons!) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann