Cover Artist:

Alan M. Clark (painting his vision of a critical scene in Peter Straub's next novel, A Dark Matter)

Interior Artists:

Glenn Chadbourne

Russell Dickerson

Keith Minnion

Erin S. Wells

Hugh Voght

Fiction:

"Monsters" a novelette by Stewart O'Nan

"Variations on a Theme From Seinfeld" by Peter Straub

"A Long Excerpt From A Dark Matter" by Peter Straub

"Johnny" by Bruce McAllister

Features:

"A Long Interview with Peter Straub" by Mathias Clasen

"The Peter Principles, Or Nearly Two Dozen Things You Need To Know About Peter Straub" by Hank Wagner

"A Dark Matter by Peter Straub Feature Review" by Bev Vincent

The Usual Suspects:

"Words from the Editor" by Richard Chizmar

"The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association" by Thomas F. Monteleone

"Stephen King News: From The Dead Zone" by Bev Vincent

"MediaDrome" by Michael Marano

"Editorial Perspectives" by Don D'Auria

"The Last Ten Things I've Read" by Ellen Datlow

"Spotlight on Publishing" by Robert Morrish

"Fine Points" by Ed Gorman

"Horror Drive-In" by Mark Sieber

"Cemetery Dance Reviews" edited by Nanci Kalanta

"The Final Question" by Brian Freeman (featuring Kealan Patrick Burke, Simon Clark, Ray Garton, Ed Gorman, Rick Hautala, Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Elizabeth Massie, Norman Partridge, and Peter Straub)