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• 6 • Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Magazine, March 1953) • [Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Magazine)] • essay by Samuel Mines [as by The Editor]
• 9 • Have You Heard---? (Fantastic Story Magazine, March 1953) • essay by Dixon Wells
• 10 • Shadow Over Mars (Complete Novel) • [Mars [2]] • (1944) • serial by Leigh Brackett
• 10 •  Shadow Over Mars (Complete Novel) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 19 •  Shadow Over Mars (Complete Novel) [2] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 78 • Death Ship • short story by Richard Matheson
• 78 •  Death Ship • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 91 • The Best Laid Scheme • (1941) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of The Best-Laid Scheme)
• 91 •  The Best Laid Scheme • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg [as by Schomburg]
• 98 • Baby Face • (1945) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 98 •  Baby Face • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 115 • Hero • (1939) • short story by H. L. Gold
• 115 •  Hero • interior artwork by uncredited
• 125 • Too Bad You Died • short story by Joseph Slotkin
• 125 •  Too Bad You Died • interior artwork by Peter Poulton
• 128 • The War of the Weeds • (1939) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 128 •  The War of the Weeds • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]