Contents:

• Introduction by Janet Hutchings
• The Model by Joyce Carol Oates
• Beat Your Neighbor Out of Doors by Jiro Akagawa
• The Serpent and the Mongoose by Edward D. Hoch
• The Stranger by Florence V. Mayberry
• Born Bad by Andrew Vachss
• Secrets by June Thomson
• The Big Dance by Tom Verde
• Jeremy by R.M. Kinder
• The Journeyer by Robert Campbell
• The 9:13 by Martin Naparsteck
• A Salesman’s Tale by David Dean
• He Who Waits for You by David C. Hall
• Accommodation Vacant by Celia Fremlin
• Liar’s Dice by Bill Pronzini
• The Moment of Decision by Stanley Ellin