• "Introduction: On the Road to 1984" by Thomas M. Disch
• "Ho Chi Minh Elegy" by Peter Schjeldahl
• "Elegy for Janis Joplin" by Marilyn Hacker
• "We Are Dainty Little People" by Charles Naylor
• "Strangers" by Carol Emshwiller
• "Relatives" by George Alec Effinger
• "Riding" by Norman Rush
• "An Apocalypse: Some Scenes from European Life" by Michael Moorcock
• "The Great Wall of Mexico" by John Sladek
• "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" by Harlan Ellison
• "The Village" by Kate Wilhelm
• "In Behalf of the Product" by Kit Reed
• "Hour of Trust" by Gene Wolfe
• "Fighting Fascism" by Norman Rush
• "Cold Turkey" by Rod Padgett and Dick Gallup
• "Where Have All the Followers Gone?" by Raylyn Moore
• "An Outline of History" by Malcolm Braly
• "Two Sadnesses" by George Alec Effinger
• "Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire" by Thomas M. Disch (part of 334.)
• "Untoward Occurrence at Embassy Poetry Reading" by Marilyn Hacker
• "For Apollo 11" by Peter Schjeldahl
• "Some Notes on the Predynastic Epoch" by Robert Silverberg

Theodore Sturgeon praised the story selection, citing Disch for his "precise compassionate sense of balance and taste."^[1]

Bad Moon Rising was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Original Anthology in 1974.^[2]

• Bad Moon Rising title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database