The folders are arranged in the order in which they were received by the Library. Most of the folders have been annotated by Ian Rankin.

(i) 'Early short stories (unpublished mostly)'.

(ii) 'Westwind 1st Draft 15a2'.

(iii) 'Westwind manuscript 2nd Draft 3rd Draft'.

(iv) 'Wolfman, 1st draft notes etc.'.

(v) 'Notes for next Jack Harvey'.

(vi) 'Rebus Novel / Strip Jack 2nd draft - no typescript 1st draft extant'.

(vii) 'Dead Souls notes'.

(viii) 'Dead Souls Final Draft 8/98'.

(ix) 'Set in Darkness 1st Draft + Revisions 11/98-5/99'.

(x) 'Set in Darkness - notes / Next Rebus - late '98 notes'.

(xi) 'Set in Darkness revised final draft'.

(xii) 'Crimewriting Classes'.

(xiii) 'Dead Souls (?) notes'.

(xiv) 'Dead Souls notes'.

(xv) 'Japan Trip Lecture notes etc.'.

(xvi) 'New novel - 1998'.

(xvii) 'Doors Open - Final Draft'.

(xviii) 'A Cool Head novella for "Quick Reads")'.

(xix) 'WITCH Witch Hunt Notes'.

(xx) 'The Flood and before (1986 and pre-1986)'.