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• v • Editor's Note (The Nail and the Oracle) • essay by Paul Williams
• ix • Foreword: Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 1 • Ride In, Ride Out • (1973) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon and Don Ward
• 25 • Assault and Little Sister • (1961) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 43 • When You Care, When You Love • (1962) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 85 • Holdup à la Carte • (1964) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 95 • How to Forget Baseball • (1964) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 117 • The Nail and the Oracle • (1965) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 137 • If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? • (1967) • novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 181 • Runesmith • (1970) • short story by Harlan Ellison and Theodore Sturgeon
• 199 • Jorry's Gap • non-genre • (1968) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 211 • Brownshoes • (1969) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of The Man Who Learned Loving)
• 223 •
  It Was Nothing—Really!^?It Was Nothing-Really!
  • (1969) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 237 • Take Care of Joey • non-genre • (1971) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 247 • Story Notes (The Nail and the Oracle) • essay by Paul Williams