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• 6 • Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Quarterly, July 1953) • [Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Magazine)] • essay by Samuel Mines [as by The Editor]
• 9 • Have You Heard---? (Fantastic Story Quarterly, July 1953) • essay by Dixon Wells
• 10 •  Through the Blackboard • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 10 • Through the Blackboard • (1943) • novelette by Joel Townsley Rogers
• 17 •  Through the Blackboard [2] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 32 •  The Corollary Effect • interior artwork by uncredited
• 32 • The Corollary Effect • short story by Colin G. Jameson, Jr. and Colin G. Jameson, Sr.
• 40 •  Pi in the Sky • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 40 • Pi in the Sky • (1945) • novelette by Fredric Brown
• 58 • Visiting Yokel • (1943) • short story by Cleve Cartmill
• 58 •  Visiting Yokel • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg [as by Schomburg]
• 68 • Abbott and Costello Spoof Space Travel • essay by Pat Jones
• 68 •  Abbott and Costello Spoof Space Travel (Photo) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 69 •  Abbott and Costello Spoof Space Travel [2] (Photo) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 70 • There's Always Amanda • short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.
• 71 •  There's Always Amanda • interior artwork by Peter Poulton
• 84 • Dead City • (1946) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 84 •  Dead City • interior artwork by uncredited
• 108 • Lazarus II • short story by Richard Matheson
• 108 •  Lazarus II • interior artwork by uncredited
• 115 • The Indefatigable Frog • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 115 •  The Indefatigable Frog • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 121 • Star-Bent • poem by A. Kulik
• 122 • The Gnarly Man • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 122 •  The Gnarly Man • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 138 •  Letter (Fantastic Story Quarterly, July 1953) • essay by Terry Carr
• 144 •  Letter (Fantastic Story Quarterly, July 1953) • essay by Ted White [as by Ted E. White]