Contents: Preface. H.J. Wulff, Suspense and the Influence of Cataphora on Viewers' Expectations. G. Leonard, Keeping Our Selves in Suspense: The Imagined Gaze and Fictional Constructions of the Self in Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe. L. Mikos, The Experience of Suspense: Between Fear and Pleasure. P. Wuss, Narrative Tension in Antonioni. N. Carroll, The Paradox of Suspense. R.J. Gerrig, The Resiliency of Suspense. W.F. Brewer, The Nature of Narrative Suspense and the Problem of Rereading. P. Ohler, G. Nieding, Cognitive Modeling of Suspense-Inducing Structures in Narrative Films. E. Tan, G. Diteweg, Suspense, Predictive Inference, and Emotion in Film Viewing. G.C. Cupchik, Suspense and Disorientation: Two Poles of Emotionally Charged Literary Uncertainty. D. Zillmann, The Psychology of Suspense in Dramatic Exposition. P. Vorderer, Toward a Psychological Theory of Suspense. M. de Wied, D. Zillmann, The Utility of Various Research Approaches in the Empirical Exploration of Suspenseful Drama. A. Mattenklott, On the Methodology of Empirical Research on Suspense. G. Nieding, P. Ohler, C. Thußbas, The Cognitive Development of Temporal Structures: How Do Children Make Inferences with Temporal Ellipses in Films? M. Friedrichsen, Problems of Measuring Suspense.