Bruce Coville's Book Of... series; contents (142 short stories; includes 18 by Coville himself, and 75 other authors):
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps contains:
- Introduction: "Welcome to the Wild Rumpus"; by Bruce Coville
- "My Little Brother is a Monster"; by Bruce Coville (later expanded and revised into Always October)
- "Momster in the Closet"; by Jane Yolen
- "Merlin's Knight School"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen"; by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald (later expanded into Groogleman)
- "Friendly Persuasion"; by Bruce Coville
- "Kokolimalayas, the Bone Man"; by Laura Simms (retold from a Modoc myth)
- "The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night"; by Sharon Webb
- "Personality Problem"; by Joe R. Lansdale
- "Duffy's Jacket"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Bogeyman"; by Jack Prelutsky
- "Bloody Mary"; by Patrick Bone
- "The Beast with a Thousand Teeth"; by Terry Jones
- "Timor and the Furnace Troll"; by John Barnes
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind contains:
- Introduction: "Look Up!"; by Bruce Coville
- "I, Earthling"; by Bruce Coville
- "Brian and the Aliens"; by Will Shetterly
- "Judgment Day"; by Jack C. Haldeman II
- "The Buddy System"; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- "To Serve Man"; by Damon Knight
- "How I Maybe Saved the World Last Tuesday Before Breakfast"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "Pirates"; by Mark A. Garland
- "The Secret Weapon of Last Resort"; by Claudia Bishop
- "Just Like You"; by Bruce Coville
- "Zero Hour"; by Ray Bradbury
- "Curing the Bozos"; by Sherwood Smith
Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You contains:
- Introduction: "Restless Spirits"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Ghost Let Go"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Grounding of Theresa"; by Mary Downing Hahn
- "A True Story"; by James D. Macdonald
- "The Pooka"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "Ghost Walk"; by Mark A. Garland
- "For Love of Him"; by Vivian Vande Velde
- "Ghost Stories"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "Mrs. Ambroseworthy"; by Jane Yolen
- "Not From Detroit"; by Joe R. Lansdale
- "Jasper's Ghost"; by Nancy Etchemendy
- "The Secret of City Cemetery"; by Patrick Bone
- "The Ghost in the Summer Kitchen"; by Mary Frances Zambreno
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream contains:
- Introduction: "Don't Read This Book!"; by Bruce Coville
- Special Note (relating to the story contest from book 1)
- "There's Nothing Under the Bed"; by Bruce Coville
- "Through the Mirror"; by Anne Mazer
- "The Boy Who Cried Dragon"; by Deborah Millitello
- "Drawing the Moon"; by Janni Lee Simner
- "The Cat Came Back"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "The Fat Man"; by Joe R. Lansdale
- "The Hand"; by Eugene M. Gagliano
- "Toll Call"; by Michael Mansfield
- "Master of the Hunt"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "Give a Puppet a Hand"; by Mary Downing Hahn
- "Halloween Party"; by Steven Prohaska (winner of the story contest announced in book 1)
- "The Baby-Sitter"; by Jane Yolen
- "Death's Door"; by Mark A. Garland
Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers: Tales to Make You Shiver contains:
- Introduction: "Welcome to the Shiver Factory!"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Thing in Auntie Alma's Pond"; by Bruce Coville
- "Letters From Camp"; by Al Sarrantonio
- "Vampire For Hire"; by Patrick Bone
- "One Chance"; by Charles de Lint
- "Grendel"; by Mary Frances Zambreno
- "Jenny Nettles"; by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
- "Those Three Wishes"; by Judith Gorog
- "What's a Little Fur Among Friends?"; by Sherwood Smith
- "The Sight of the Basilisk"; by Lois Tilton
- "The Teacher Who Could Hear"; by Paula McConnell
- "Life With a Slob"; by Gordon Van Gelder
- "Campfire"; by S. Anthony Gardner
- "Past Sunset"; by Vivian Vande Velde
Bruce Coville's Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You contains:
- Introduction: "Cloudy, with a Chance of Magic"; by Bruce Coville
- "Wizard's Boy"; by Bruce Coville
- "Phoenix Farm"; by Jane Yolen
- "Horsing Around"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "Windwood Rose"; by Janni Lee Simner
- "Bear at the Gate"; by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- "The Fourth Wish"; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- "Byrd Song"; by Nancy Springer
- "Watch Out!"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Wonderworm"; by Laura Simms
- "Questing Magic"; by Mark A. Garland and Lawrence Schimel
- "Visions"; by Sherwood Smith
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales To Give You The Creeps contains:
- Introduction: "We’re Ba-a-a-ack!"; by Bruce Coville
- "Little Monsters (Part 1 of "The Monsters of Morley Manor")"; by Bruce Coville (all five parts later expanded and revised as The Monsters of Morley Manor)
- "The First Excuse"; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- "Sea Dragon of Fife"; by Jane Yolen
- "George Pinkerton and the Bloodsucking Fiend of Brokentree Swamp"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "A Recipe for Trouble"; by Lawrence Schimel
- "The Spook Man"; by Al Sarrantonio
- "The Wizard of Chaos"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "First Kiss"; by Patrick Bone
- "Optical Illusion"; by Mack Reynolds
- "Trouble Afoot"; by Mary Downing Hahn
- "Vend U."; by Nancy Springer
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind contains:
- Introduction: "Somewhere, Out There"; by Bruce Coville
- "Through the Starry Door (Part 2 of "The Monsters of Morley Manor")"; by Bruce Coville (all five parts later expanded and revised as The Monsters of Morley Manor)
- "The Spider Beast"; by Nancy Etchemendy
- "George Pinkerton and the Space Waffles"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- "Abduction"; by Rick Hautala, Jesse Hautala, and Matti Hautala
- "Brandon & the Aliens"; by Jane Yolen
- "Fine or Superfine"; by Martha Soukup
- "The Plant People"; by Dale Carlson
- "Field Trip"; by Vivian Vande Velde
- "Hunters"; by Anne Eliot Crompton
- "Behind the Curtain"; by Pat Mauser
- "The Very Long Distance Wrong Number"; by John C. Bunnell
- "Alien Promises"; by Janni Lee Simner
Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts II: More Tales to Haunt You contains:
- Introduction: "A Faint Presence, a Cold Touch"; by Bruce Coville
- "A Trip to the Land of the Dead (Part 3 of "The Monsters of Morley Manor")"; by Bruce Coville (all five parts later expanded and revised as The Monsters of Morley Manor)
- "Leaves"; by Mary K Whittington
- "George Pinkerton and the Bedtime Ghost"; by Lawrence Watt-Evans and Julie Evans
- "A Cry in the Night"; by Nancy Varian Berbereck and Greg Labarbera
- "Haunted by a Pig"; by Mel Gilden
- "Call Me Ghost"; by Lael Littke
- "After You've Gone"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "The Tenant Who Frightened a Ghost"; by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- "Soul Survivor"; by Neal Shusterman
- "Shark!"; by John Gregory Betancourt
- "Biscuits of Glory"; by Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares II: More Tales to Make You Scream contains:
- Introduction: "Nightmare Alley"; by Bruce Coville
- "When Evil Wakes (Part 4 of "The Monsters of Morley Manor")"; by Bruce Coville (all five parts later expanded and revised as The Monsters of Morley Manor)
- "Circle of Life"; by Michael and Rozalyn Mansfield
- "The Dollhouse"; by Ann S. Manheimer
- "Bad Dream"; by Joan Aiken
- "The Gravekeeper"; by Patrick Bone
- "Gone to Pieces"; by Michael Stearns
- "It Came from the Closet"; by Andrew Fry
- "Snow"; by Al Sarrantonio
- "The Homework Horror"; by Greg Cox
- "Blackwater Dreams"; by Tim Waggoner
- "Amanda's Room"; by Janni Lee Simner
- "The Shadow Wood"; by Sean Stewart
Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers II: More Tales to Make You Shiver contains:
- Introduction: "A Different Kind of Fear"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Coldest Touch (Part 5 of "The Monsters of Morley Manor")"; by Bruce Coville (all five parts later expanded and revised as The Monsters of Morley Manor)
- "The Ragmore Beast"; by Robert J. Harris
- "Same Time Next Year"; by Neal Shusterman
- "Biology 205"; by Jeremy Sabacek
- "The Man Under the Bridge"; by Steve Rasnic Tem
- "All in Good Time"; by Michael Markiewicz
- "The Toadstool Wood"; by James Reeves
- "Come Into My Cellar"; by Ray Bradbury
- "The Instrument"; by Martha Soukup
- "The Elevator"; by William Sleator
- "The Packet"; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Bruce Coville's Book of Magic II: More Tales To Cast A Spell On You contains:
- Introduction: "Mr. Cranky Says Goodbye"; by Bruce Coville
- "The Metamorphosis of Justin Jones"; by Bruce Coville
- "The World Where Wishes Worked"; by Stephen Goldin
- "Transitions"; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (later expanded and revised into A Fistful of Sky)
- "Under the Bridge"; by Lawrence Schimel
- "What the Dinosaurs Are Like"; by Deborah Wheeler
- "The Wooden City"; by Terry Jones
- "The Cinders Case"; by Patricia C. Wrede
- "Into the Forest"; by Alice DeLaCroix
- "Singing the New Age Blues"; by Margaret Bechard
- "Vernan's Dragon"; by John Gregory Betancourt
- "Blue Suede Shoes"; by Michael Stearns
- "Clean as a Whistle"; by Bruce Coville (later expanded and revised into The Enchanted Files: Diary of a Mad Brownie, AKA The Enchanted Files: Cursed)
