Richard Matheson: Collected Stories

xv • Introduction, by Richard Matheson 1 • Born of Man and Woman 5 • Third from the Sun 11 • When the Waker Sleeps ...23 • From Ray Bradbury 25 • Blood Son 33 • Clothes Make the Man 37 • Dress of White Silk 41 • Return 59 • The Thing 69 • Through Channels 75 • Witch War ...81 • From Robert Bloch 83 • Advance Notice 89 • Brother to the Machine 95 • F--- 109 • Lover When You're Near Me 127 • Mad House 151 • Shipshape Home 167 • SRL Ad 175 • To Fit the Crime 181 • Death Ship ...199 • From William F. Nolan 201 • Disappearing Act 213 • The Disinheritors 223 • Dying Room Only 237 • Full Circle 249 • The Last Day 263 • Lazarus II 273 • Legion of Plotters 281 • Little Girl Lost 291 • Long Distance Call 301 • Slaughter House 327 • Trespass 359 • The Wedding 367 • Wet Straw 373 • Being 399 • The Conqueror ...413 • From Jack Finney 415 • The Curious Child 423 • Dear Diary 427 • Descent 439 • The Doll That Does Everything 447 • The Man Who Made the World 453 • The Test 469 • The Traveller 479 • When Day Is Dun 483 • Dance of the Dead 495 • The Funeral 503 • Miss Stardust 517 • One for the Books 531 • Pattern for Survival ...535 • From George Clayton Johnson 537 • A Flourish of Strumpets 545 • The Splendid Source 559 • Steel 579 • A Visit to Santa Claus 589 • The Children of Noah 603 • The Holiday Man 607 • Lemming 609 • Old Haunts 617 • The Distributor 631 • The Edge 639 • Big Surprise 645 • The Creeping Terror 657 • Deadline 661 • Mantage 677 • No Such Thing as a Vampire ...685 • From Harlan Ellison 687 • Crickets 693 • Day of Reckoning 697 • First Anniversary 703 • From Shadowed Places 721 • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 735 • Finger Prints 741 • The Likeness of Julie 749 • Mute 771 • Deus Ex Machina 779 • Girl of My Dreams 791 • The Jazz Machine (Poem) ...799 • From Stephen King 801 • Shock Wave 811 • 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly 815 • Interest 825 • A Drink of Water 831 • Therese 833 • Prey 843 • Button, Button ...851 • From Dennis Etchison 853 • By Appointment Only 857 • Finishing Touches 863 • 'Til Death Do Us Part 865 • The Near Departed 867 • Buried Talents 873 • Duel ...893 • From Richard Christian Matheson 897 • Bibliography: Original Publications