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• 1 • Fifty Words by Robert Bloch • essay by Robert Bloch
• 2 • Story • short fiction by Ray Nelson
• 3 • Dibs on Earth • short fiction by F. M. Busby
• 4 • About Time • short fiction by David Thiry
• 5 • The Way It Was • short fiction by Owen K. Laurion
• 6 • The Mage Undone • short story by Susan Shwartz [as by Susan M. Shwartz]
• 7 • Who? • short fiction by Mary Lou Lacefield
• 8 • The Triumph of Science • short fiction by David Thiry
• 9 • To the Death • (1982) • short fiction by Piers Anthony
• 10 • She, He, and the End of the World • short fiction by Ben P. Indick
• 11 • Intermission • (1982) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 12 • Buy You a Drink? • short fiction by Chris Steinbrunner
• 13 • How the Boy Icarus Grew Up and, After a Legendary Disaster, Learnt New Things About Himself and the External World, Until He Was Able to Comprehend the Magic That Had Been His in His Earliest Years /or/ Second Flight • short fiction by Brian W. Aldiss
• 14 • Abandoned • short fiction by Harry Andruschak [as by Harry J. N. Andruschak]
• 15 • Thunderstruck • short fiction by Lisa Torrey
• 16 • The Devil You Don't • short fiction by John Brunner
• 17 • Time Barrier • short fiction by Joe R. Christopher
• 18 • The Destroyer • short fiction by Terry Jeeves [as by B. Terry Jeeves]
• 19 • Why There Are No More Unicorns • short fiction by Anne Braude [as by Anne J. Braude]
• 20 • Sauce for the Goose • short fiction by Margaret L. Carter
• 21 • Number, Please • short fiction by James Ian Elliot
• 22 • Happy Ending • short fiction by Leo M. Gallagher
• 23 • Only a Nightmare • short fiction by Jason C. Eckhardt
• 24 • Deadline • short story by Piers Anthony [as by Piers A. Jacob]
• 25 • The Martian Space-Slip • short fiction by David Palter
• 26 • A Grand Quest • short fiction by Keith Williams
• 27 • Consummation • short fiction by Margaret L. Carter
• 28 • A Universal Language • short fiction by Cyril Bosch
• 29 • Fannish Version One Letter Shorter Than the Story Which Is Shorter by One Letter Than the Shortest Science Fiction Story Ever Written • short fiction by Dennis D'Asaro
• 30 • Glitch • short fiction by James Ian Elliot
• 31 • No Great Shakes for Mr. Dakes • short fiction by Anne Etkin
• 32 • And Then I Woke Up • short fiction by David L. Travis
• 33 • The Brave Crazy Swim of Matthew P. Quisquis • short fiction by Anne Etkin
• 34 • When Charlie Came • short fiction by Shariann Lewitt
• 35 • Fernbach in Space • short fiction by Tony Magistrale [as by Anthony Magistrale]
• 36 • Two Way Traffic • short fiction by Benjamin St. Cyr
• 37 • Progress • short fiction by Leonard Ratushewitz
• 38 • Transmogrification • short story by Piers Anthony [as by Pier Xanthony]
• 39 • Ad Infinitum • short fiction by George Spelvin
• 40 • Apartment Haunt • short fiction by Ruth Berman
• 41 • Litmus Test • short fiction by John Brunner
• 42 • Legislative Action • short fiction by Michael Bastraw [as by Mike Bastraw]
• 43 • The Missing Verse • short fiction by Spider Robinson
• 44 • Automatic Success • short fiction by Don D'Ammassa
• 45 • My Last Bier • short fiction by Cassa A. Skein
• 46 • On the Hoof • short fiction by R. C. Walker [as by Rod C. Walker]
• 47 • Call Yourself a Christian • short fiction by Brian W. Aldiss
• 48 • No Big Deal • short fiction by Paul Demzioquoi
• 49 • Last Criterion • short fiction by Fritz Stock
• 50 • Laugh Not • short fiction by Keith Williams
• 51 • Two Investigations with One Solution • short fiction by David L. Travis