Dark Things contains the following tales:

• "The Funny Farm", by Robert Bloch
• "The Eyes of Mme. Dupree", by P.H. Booth
• "'The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins'", by Joseph Payne Brennan
• "Napier Court", by Ramsey Campbell
• "Shaggai", by Lin Carter (Cthulhu Mythos tale)
• "The Dweller in the Tomb", by Lin Carter (Cthulhu Mythos tale)
• "The House by the Tarn", by Basil Copper
• "The Knocker at the Portico", by Basil Copper
• "Lord of the Depths", by David Drake
• "Omega", by Alice R. Hill
• "The House in the Oaks", by Robert E. Howard and August Derleth
• "The Singleton Barrier", by Carl Jacobi
• "The Case of the Double Husband", by Margery Lawrence
• "Innsmouth Clay", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
• "The Conch Shell", by Brian Lumley
• "Rising With Surtsey", by Brian Lumley
• "Company in the Orchard", by Francis May
• "'Beyondaril'", by John Metcalfe
• "The Manterfield Inheritance", by Charles Partington
• "The Storm King", by Emil Petaja
• "The Elevator", by James Wade
• "Appointment with Fire", by H. Russell Wakefield
• "The Rings of the Papaloi", by Donald J. Walsh, Jr.
• "Requiem for Earth", by Donald Wandrei

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