Contents: Introduction / Edward Gorman --
The used / Loren D. Estleman --
A cold foggy day / Bill Pronzini --
Swamp search / Harry Whittington --
Take care of yourself / William Campbell Gault --
A matter of ethics / Robert J. Randisi --
Tough / John Lutz --
This world, then the fireworks / Jim Thompson --
Soft monkey / Harlan Ellison --
Yellow gal / Dennis Lynds --
Scrap / Max Allan Collins --
Set 'em up, Joe / Barbara Beman --
Shut the final door / Joe L. Hensley --
Death and the dancing shadows / James Reasoner --
A killer in the dark / Robert Edmond Alter --
Perchance to dream / Michael Seidman --
Horn man / Clark Howard --
Shooting match / Wayne Dundee --
The pit / Joe R. Lansdale --
Turn away / Edward Gorman --
The second coming / Joe Gores.