Whispers II

xi • Introduction (Whispers II) • essay by Stuart David Schiff 1 • Undertow • [Kane] • (1977) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner 33 • Berryhill • (1976) • short story by R. A. Lafferty 41 • The King's Shadow Has No Limits • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • (1975) • short story by Avram Davidson 51 • Conversation Piece • short story by Richard Christian Matheson 59 • The Stormsong Runner • short story by Jack L. Chalker 69 • They Will Not Hush • (1974) • short story by James Sallis and David Lunde 75 • Lex Talionis • novelette by Russell Kirk 97 • Marianne • (1975) • short fiction by Joseph Payne Brennan (variant of Two by Brennan: Marianne) 99 • From the Lower Deep • short story by Hugh B. Cave 111 • The Fourth Musketeer • short story by Charles L. Grant 121 • Ghost of a Chance • (1978) • short story by Ray Russell 125 • The Elcar Special • short story by Carl Jacobi 133 • The Box • (1976) • short story by Lee Weinstein 139 • We Have All Been Here Before • short story by Dennis Etchison 151 • Archie and the Scylla of Hades Hole • short story by Ken Wisman 163 • Trill Coster's Burden • [John the Balladeer] • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 175 • Conversation Piece • (1978) • short story by Ward Moore 189 • The Bait • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973) • short story by Fritz Leiber 193 • Above the World • short story by Ramsey Campbell 203 • The Red Leer • short story by David Drake 223 • At the Bottom of the Garden • (1975) • short story by David Campton 235 • Afterword (Whispers II) • essay by Stuart David Schiff