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    The Edge of Tomorrow Howard Fast (Bantam A2254, Jun ’61, 120pp, pb)
    Also in Time and the Riddle.
    • 1 · The First Men · na F&SF Feb 1960
    • 33 · The Large Ant · ss Fantastic Universe Feb 1960
    • 43 · Of Time and Cats · ss F&SF Mar 1959
    • 55 · Cato the Martian · ss F&SF Jun 1960
    • 69 · The Cold, Cold Box · ss F&SF Jul 1959
    • 83 · The Martian Shop · ss F&SF Nov 1959
    • 107 · The Sight of Eden · ss F&SF Oct 1960


    The General Zapped an Angel Howard Fast (William Morrow, 1970, 159pp, hc)
    Also in Time and the Riddle.
    • 9 · The General Zapped an Angel · ss *
    • 23 · The Mouse · ss F&SF Nov 1969
    • 39 · The Vision of Milty Boil · ss *
    • 55 · The Mohawk · ss *
    • 65 · The Wound · ss *
    • 83 · Tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal · ss *
    • 99 · The Interval · ss *
    • 115 · The Movie House · nv *
    • 141 · The Insects · ss *



    A Touch of Infinity Howard Fast (William Morrow, 1973, hc)
    Also in Time and the Riddle.
    • The Hoop · ss F&SF Oct 1972
    • The Price · ss *
    • A Matter of Size · ss *
    • The Hole in the Floor · ss *
    • General Hardy’s Profession · ss *
    • Show Cause · ss *
    • Not with a Bang · ss *
    • The Talent of Harvey · nv *
    • The Mind of God · ss *
    • UFO · ss *
    • Cephes 5 · ss *
    • The Pragmatic Seed · ss *
    • The Egg · ss *


    Out of This World ed. Julius Fast (Penguin 537, Jun ’44, 25¢, 245pp, pb)
    • vii · A Word from the Editor · Julius Fast · in
    • 3 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss 1940
    • 15 · Laura · Saki · ss Beasts and Super-Beasts, John Lane 1914
    • 21 · Sam Small’s Tyke [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · nv Story Sep/Oct 1940
    • 61 · Satan and Sam Shay · Robert Arthur · ss The Elks Magazine Aug 1942
    • 78 · A Disputed Authorship [from A House-Boat on the Styx] · John Kendrick Bangs · ex Harper 1895
    • 84 · Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies · Nelson S. Bond · ss Scribner’s Nov 1937
    • 92 · A Vision of Judgement · H. G. Wells · ss The Butterfly Sep 1899
    • 98 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss Atlantic Monthly Oct 1940
    • 104 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1929
    • 121 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review Feb 23 1887 (+1)
    • 153 · My Friend Merton · Julius Fast · ss *
    • 167 · And Adam Begot · Arch Oboler · ss 1942
    • 184 · Club Secretary [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Atlantic Monthly Aug 1934
    • 190 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · nv The London Magazine Jun 1912


    The Last of Six: Tales of the Austral Tropics Ernest Favenc (Sydney: Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1893, 1/-, 141pp, hc)
    • The Last of Six · ss *
    • A Cup of Cold Water · ss
    • A Haunt of the Jinkarras · ss
    • The Rumford Plains Tragedy · ss
    • Spirit-Led · ss
    • Tranter’s Shot · ss
    • The Spell of the Mas-Hantoo · ss
    • The Track of the Dead · ss
    • The Mystery of the Baines’ Dog · ss
    • Pompey · ss
    • Malchook’s Doom: A Nicholson River Story · ss
    • The Cook and the Cattle-Stealer · ss
    • The Parson’s Blackboy · ss
    • A Lucky Meeting · ss
    • The Story of a Big Pearl · ss
    • The Missing Super · ss
    • That Other Fellow · ss


    Twixt the Lights: or, Odd Tales for Odd Times, Vol. 1 W. W. Fenn (London: Henry J. Drane, 1893, 415pp, hc)
    • Was It A Dream? or What? · ss
    • Rainbow Weather · ar
    • A Club Story · ss
    • Shakespeare and the Art of Painting · ar
    • The Last of the Highwaymen · ss
    • Idle Dials · ar
    • A Change in the Cast · ss
    • A Bygone Story · ss
    • Sketchers’ Skies · ar
    • The Hooded Figure · ss
    • The “Murmuring Surge” · ar
    • The Bed That Could Not Be Moved · ss
    • Reclaimed by Right · ss
    • The Old House on the Cliff · ss
    • The First Flight · ar
    • A Righteous Reparation · ss
    • Thrice Warned · ss
    • Alone with the Stars · ar
    • A New “Flying Dutchman” · ss
    • On the Wing · ar
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream—And Reality · ss


    Twixt the Lights: or, Odd Tales for Odd Times, Vol. 2 W. W. Fenn (London: Henry J. Drane, 1893, 431pp, hc)
    • Can a Blind Man See a Ghost? · ar
    • The Lady in the Lavender · ss
    • Hopeful Doctors · ar
    • An Adventure—Quite in the Dark · ss
    • Sight and Memory in Relation to Art · ar
    • The Phantom Fares · ss
    • Our Weather-Eye · ar
    • A Dressmaker’s Drama · ss
    • The Hidden Voice · ss
    • Night Whimsies · ar
    • A Very Peculiar Case · ss
    • The “Bump of Locality” · ar
    • The Key of the Tree · ss
    • The Inverell Mystery · ss
    • Canvas Under Canvas · ar
    • The Ghost in the Gallery · ss
    • By the Avon in April · ar
    • In a Pit-Box · ss
    • The Holly and the Hearth · ar
    • Midnight Courage · ar
    • The Doubt About Owen Clove · ss
    • Woodland Harvest · ar
    • The Living Picture · ss
    • A Balcony at Lucerne · ss


    Woven in Darkness W. W. Fenn (London: Kelly & Co., 1885, 451pp, hc)
    • A Blind Man’s Notions About Ghosts · ar
    • In the Room with the Arras · ss *
    • The Love of Landscape · ar
    • The Haunted Rock · ss
    • A Dangerous Secret · ss
    • The Little Pill · ss
    • Hand on the Latch · ss *
    • Red-Hot Friendships · ar
    • Held at Bay · ss
    • The Living Likeness · ss
    • The First Fire · ar
    • The Legend of the Light · ss
    • The Face at the Window · ss
    • Following the Brush · ar
    • The Marble Hands · ss
    • Why Go Away? · ar
    • The Ghost on the Chain Pier · ss *


    Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space ed. Phyllis R. Fenner (William Morrow 0-688-22241-2, 1980, $8.95, 223pp, hc)
    • 13 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
    • 33 · The Hoop · Howard Fast · ss F&SF Oct 1972
    • 53 · Saturn Rising · Arthur C. Clarke · ss F&SF Mar 1961
    • 71 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Jun 1953
    • 93 · Delilah and the Space-Rigger · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Blue Book Magazine Dec 1949
    • 113 · What’s It Like Out There? · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1952
    • 147 · The Trap · Kem Bennett · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 7 1956
    • 165 · Brightside Crossing · Alan E. Nourse · nv Galaxy Jan 1956
    • 195 · The Hour of Letdown · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker Dec 22 1951; F&SF Aug 1952
    • 203 · Each an Explorer · Isaac Asimov · ss Future #30 1956


    The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series ed. Edward L. Ferman (Doubleday, Dec ’77, hc)
    • Introduction · Edward L. Ferman · in
    • The Hertford Manuscript · Richard Cowper · nv F&SF Oct 1976
    • From Competition 2: Blurbs in Excess · Ralph C. Glisson · ms F&SF Jul 1972
    • A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Oct 1976
    • Where We Are and Where We Came From · Algis Budrys · br F&SF May 1976
    • From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year’s Worst Fantasy and SF · Bob Leman · ms F&SF Apr 1973
    • From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year’s Worst Fantasy and SF · James E. Sutherland · ms F&SF Apr 1973
    • My Boat · Joanna Russ · ss F&SF Jan 1976
    • In the Bowl · John Varley · nv F&SF Dec 1975
    • From Competition 6: Bawdy SF Limericks · Janice Leffingwell · ms F&SF Dec 1973
    • From Competition 6: Bawdy SF Limericks · Margaret O. Ablitt · ms F&SF Dec 1973
    • This Offer Expires · Liz Hufford · ss F&SF Sep 1976
    • The Fantastic Ten · Baird Searles · mr *
    • The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv F&SF Dec 1973
    • The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Mar 1975
    • From Competition 7: A Lexicon from an Alien Language · Bob Leman · ms F&SF May 1974
    • Dress Rehearsal · Harvey Jacobs · ss F&SF Jul 1974
    • San Diego Lightfoot Sue · Tom Reamy · nv F&SF Aug 1975
    • Out of Dickinson by Poe or The Only Begotten Son of Edgar & Emily · Ray Bradbury · pm F&SF Oct 1976
    • Sanity Clause · Edward Wellen · ss F&SF Jan 1975
    • Thinking About Thinking · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Jan 1975
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · F. M. Busby · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Joe W. Haldeman · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Mark Robert Kelly · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · R. Tyler Sperry, II · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Terry Naylor · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Reid Powell · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · David A. Wilson · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Carolyn Appleman · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · Ken Scott · ms F&SF Sep 1974
    • Mute Inglorious Tam · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · ss F&SF Oct 1974
    • Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All · Reginald Bretnor · nv F&SF Oct 1973



    The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 24th Series ed. Edward L. Ferman (Scribner’s 0-684-17490-1, Jun ’82, $14.95, 311pp, hc)
    • vii · Introduction · Edward L. Ferman · in
    • 1 · Window · Bob Leman · ss F&SF May 1980
    • 19 · The Fire When It Comes · Parke Godwin · nv F&SF May 1981
    • 65 · From Competition 22: Anecdotes in the Style of a SF Writer In the style of Jack Vance · Paul Major · vi F&SF Sep 1979
    • 66 · From Competition 22: Anecdotes in the Style of a SF Writer In the style of Philip K. Dick · Robert Stewart · vi F&SF Sep 1979
    • 67 · From Competition 22: Anecdotes in the Style of a SF Writer In the style of Robert Heinlein · Buzz Dixon · vi F&SF Sep 1979
    • 67 · From Competition 22: Anecdotes in the Style of a SF Writer In the style of Barry Malzberg · Marc Desmond · vi F&SF Sep 1979
    • 69 · Books: The Secret Language of Science Fiction · Algis Budrys · br F&SF Oct 1981
    • 80 · Wives · Lisa Tuttle · ss F&SF Dec 1979
    • 90 · The Alien Mind · Philip K. Dick · ss The Yuba City High Times Feb 20 1981; F&SF Oct 1981
    • 94 · Spidersong · Susan C. Petrey · ss F&SF Sep 1980
    • 110 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Elizabeth Singleton · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 110 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Bruce Berges · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 111 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Robert Werner · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 111 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Miki Magyar · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 111 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · David Lubar · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 111 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Harlan Ellison · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 112 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Larry Dan Frost · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 112 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · Niles Gwinn · ms F&SF Feb 1980
    • 113 · Out There Where the Big Ships Go · Richard Cowper · nv F&SF Aug 1979
    • 143 · Films and TV: Lost Rewards · Baird Searles · mr *
    • 149 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Daniel P. Dern · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 149 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Tad Turner · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 149 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Mario Milosevic · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 150 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Susan Milmore · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 150 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Michael J. Padgett · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 150 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Jeff Grimshaw · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 150 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · David Finklestein · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 150 · From Competition 24: Author/Title Misprints · Augustine Funnell · ms F&SF Jun 1980
    • 151 · The Curse of the Mhondoro Nkabele · Eric Norden · nv Starsongs and Unicorns, Manor 1978; F&SF Sep 1980
    • 183 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv F&SF Dec 1980
    • 221 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals: The Sipple · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 222 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals: The Wud · Mike DeSimone · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 222 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals: Conkew · Pat Cadigan · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 222 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals: The Fleffel · Bruce Berges · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 222 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals · Mary C. Pangborn · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 223 · From Competition 25: Short Poems about SF Animals · Sebastian Robinson · pm F&SF Nov 1980
    • 224 · “A Day at the Fair” · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss F&SF Mar 1981
    • 238 · The Most Illuminatingly Doleful and Instructively Affecting Demise of Flo, Late of Upper Blooton · Russell M. Griffin · pm F&SF Jul 1980
    • 241 · Science: The Word I Invented · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Oct 1980
    • 252 · The Pusher · John Varley · ss F&SF Oct 1981
    • 269 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · Susan Milmore · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 269 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · Jeff Grimshaw · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 270 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · Jim Detry · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 270 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · Pat Cadigan · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 270 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · S. Hamm · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 271 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · Michael Tippens · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 271 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · John Nieminski · ms F&SF Mar 1981
    • 272 · The Brave Little Toaster [Toaster] · Thomas M. Disch · nv F&SF Aug 1980


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