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• 6 • Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Magazine, Spring 1954) • [Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Magazine)] • essay by Samuel Mines [as by The Editor]
• 8 • Have You Heard---? (Fantastic Story Magazine, Spring 1954) • essay by Dixon Wells
• 10 • The Laws of Chance • (1947) • novella by Murray Leinster
• 10 •  The Laws of Chance • (1947) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 21 •  The Laws of Chance [2] • (1947) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 31 • Mother Goose (Circa 2054) • poem by Irene Sekula
• 49 •  Cartoon: "What if you are AC and I'm DC, honey ... you could be rectified!" • interior artwork by uncredited
• 71 • Local Custom • short story by Tom Wilson
• 71 •  Local Custom • interior artwork by Joseph Connell
• 78 • The Cavern of the Shining Pool • (1937) • short story by Arthur Leo Zagat
• 78 •  The Cavern of the Shining Pool • interior artwork by Paul Orban
• 85 •  Cartoon: "See the Moon;Coming Haley's Comet 1985" • interior artwork by uncredited
• 91 • Cargo to Mars • short story by Walter H. Mulstay
• 91 •  Cargo to Mars • interior artwork by Paul Orban
• 98 • The Red Night of Twea • short story by R. J. McGregor
• 98 •  The Red Night of Twea • interior artwork by Tom Beecham [as by Thomas Beecham]
• 107 • Meb • short story by Alfred Coppel
• 107 •  Meb • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 112 • Underdog • short story by William L. Bade
• 112 •  Underdog • interior artwork by Paul Orban