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• [8] • Introduction (S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy) • (1956) • essay by Orson Welles
• [10] • Preface (S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy) • (1956) • essay by Judith Merril
• 11 • The Stutterer • (1955) • novelette by R. R. Merliss
• 42 • The Golem • (1955) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 49 • Junior • (1956) • short story by Robert Abernathy
• 58 • The Cave of Night • [Station in Space Universe] • (1955) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 77 • The Hoofer • (1955) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 89 • Bulkhead • (1955) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 125 • Sense from Thought Divide • [Ralph Kennedy] • (1955) • novelette by Mark Clifton
• 162 • Pottage • [The People] • (1955) • novelette by Zenna Henderson
• 200 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 216 • The Last Day of Summer • (1955) • short story by E. C. Tubb
• 226 • One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts • (1955) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 238 • The Ethicators • (1955) • short story by Willard Marsh
• 244 • Birds Can't Count • (1955) • short story by Mildred Clingerman
• 253 • Of Missing Persons • (1955) • short story by Jack Finney
• 270 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 288 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • short story by Damon Knight
• 304 • The Public Hating • (1955) • short story by Steve Allen
• 312 • Home There's No Returning • (1955) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• [343] • The Year's S-F: A Summation by the Editor • (1956) • essay by Judith Merril
• [350] • Honorable Mention (S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy) • (1956) • essay by Judith Merril