I need to track a copy of this down some time.
3 • The Empty Chambers • (2005) • short story by Neil Gaiman
6 • The Company You Keep • (2005) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
15 • Under the Needle • (2005) • short story by Léa Silhol? (trans. of Sous l'aiguille 2001)
22 • Scarabesque: The Girl Who Broke Dracula • (2005) • novelette by Tanith Lee
53 • Expanding Your Capabilities Using Frame/Shift™ Mode • (2005) • short story by David J. Schow
70 • Cat and the Cold Prince • (2005) • short story by Freda Warrington
89 • Faces in Revolving Souls • (2005) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan?
105 • Lighten Up • (2005) • short story by Jack Ketchum
115 • Pit Boy • (2005) • short story by Elizabeth Massie
125 • The Country of the Blind • (2005) • short story by Melanie Tem
140 • Ruby Tuesday • (2005) • short story by Kathe Koja
150 • Running Beneath the Skin • (2005) • short story by Brett Alexander Savory
169 • Grim Peeper • (2005) • short story by Katherine Ramsland
177 • Craving • (2005) • short story by Yvonne Navarro
187 • Violent Angel • (2005) • short story by Thomas S. Roche
204 • ...And the Damage Done • (2005) • novelette by Michael Marano
226 • Pop Star in the Ugly Bar • (2005) • short story by Bentley Little
233 • Miss Singularity • (2005) • novelette by John Shirley
267 • The Working Slob's Prayer • (2005) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
282 • If I Should Wake Before I Die • (2005) • short story by Brian Hodge
301 • Honing Sebastian • (2005) • short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
316 • The Shadows, Kith and Kin • (2005) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
I only read a few of these when I checked it out of the library forever ago. The Jack Ketchum story is a goofy tale about militant smokers and the Bentley Little story is a nasty 'take that' at Madonna that's really rather unpleasant.
The best that I remember is "Ruby Tuesday" by Kathe Koja, which wasn't I think properly "horror" at all--it was a story about a lonely young woman who only finds meaning in life by being part of the cult following of the film
Ruby Tuesday. It was sad and haunting.
