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• xv • Introduction (100 Astounding Little Alien Stories) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 1 • All Cats Are Gray • (1953) • short story by Andre Norton
• 8 • And So On, and So On • (1971) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 11 • A Bad Day for Vermin • (1964) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 17 • The Beautiful Doll Caper • (1956) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 21 • Beyond Lies the Wub • (1952) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 29 • The Big Trek • (1957) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 34 • Blood Lands • (1952) • short story by Alfred Coppel
• 45 • Brave New Hamburger • (1989) • short story by Philip Sidney Jennings
• 53 • Capsule • (1982) • short story by Rosalind M. Greenberg [as by Rosalind Greenberg]
• 55 • The Client from Hell • (1995) • short story by Richard Curtis
• 64 • Collector's Fever • (1964) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 67 • The Crawling Chaos • (1921) • short story by Winifred V. Jackson and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Elizabeth Neville Berkeley and H. P. Lovecraft]
• 74 • Crazy Annaoj • (1968) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 80 • A Cup of Hemlock • (1978) • short story by Lee Killough
• 81 • The Dark and the Damp • (1996) • short story by John DeChancie
• 92 • Dear Pen Pal • (1949) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 99 • The Demon of the Flower • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 109 • Disguise • (1953) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 113 • Dog Star • (1956) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 115 • Doing Alien • (1994) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 122 • Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos with Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang • (1971) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 124 • Dry Spell • (1970) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 126 • Dueling Clowns • [Circus World] • (1979) • short story by Barry B. Longyear [as by Barry Longyear]
• 132 • Emergency Refueling • (1940) • short story by James Blish
• 137 • Eripmav • (1958) • short story by Damon Knight
• 138 • Evensong • (1967) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 142 • Exile • (1943) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 147 • The Exterminator • (1931) • short story by A. Hyatt Verrill
• 152 • The Eyes Have It • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 156 • Feeding Time • (1955) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 162 • The Finest Hunter in the World • (1970) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 165 • The Flame Midget • (1936) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
• 177 • Gift of U'Thang • (1976) • short story by Basil Wells
• 186 • The Good Neighbors • (1960) • short story by Edgar Pangborn
• 191 • The Grapes of the Rath • (1980) • short story by Jan Howard Finder
• 193 • The Great God Awto • (1940) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 199 • The Great Slow Kings • (1963) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 206 • The Green Meadow • (1918) • short story by Winifred V. Jackson and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Elizabeth Neville Berkeley and H. P. Lovecraft]
• 211 • The Grof • (1990) • short story by Philip Sidney Jennings
• 220 • The Happy Traitor • (1953) • short story by Morris Hershman
• 223 • The Harvest • (1957) • short story by Tom Godwin
• 225 • How Now Purple Cow • (1969) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 229 • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast • (1949) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 237 • An Incident on Route 12 • (1962) • short story by James H. Schmitz
• 242 • Interstellar Way-Station • (1941) • short story by Wilson Tucker [as by Bob Tucker]
• 252 • Into Your Tent I'll Creep • (1957) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 261 • Itself! • (1963) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 264 • Kindergarten • (1970) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 267 • The King of the Beasts • (1964) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 268 • Landscape with Sphinxes • (1962) • short story by Karen Anderson
• 271 • The Last Men • [The Mini-Men] • (1934) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
• 279 • Last Warning • (1954) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 287 • Later Than You Think • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 294 • The Life Hater • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1964) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 303 • Linkage • (1973) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 306 • Listen, Love • (1971) • short story by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski
• 310 • Mail Supremacy • [Chap Foey Rider • 1] • (1975) • short story by Hayford Peirce
• 313 • Man of Destiny • (1951) • short story by John Christopher
• 320 • The Man Who Came Back • (1966) • short story by Brian Stableford [as by Brian M. Stableford]
• 324 • The Martians and the Leadfoot • (1957) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 326 • A Matter of Taste • (1990) • short story by Esther M. Friesner
• 336 • The Mission • (1980) • short story by Arthur Tofte
• 338 • Mister Magister • (1978) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 343 • Mr. Iper of Hamilton • (1972) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 351 • Open, Sesame! • (1949) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 356 • The Opening • (1982) • short story by Bruce Boston
• 362 • The Other Tiger • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 365 • The Pair • (1958) • short story by Joe L. Hensley
• 371 • Paths • (1973) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 375 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 379 • The Rebel Slug • (1942) • short story by Basil Wells
• 385 • The Remorseful • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth]
• 392 • Ripples • (1967) • short story by Ray Russell
• 394 • Roadside Rescue • (1985) • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 401 • Roog • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 407 • Sequence • (1972) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 413 • The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls • (1975) • short story by David Bischoff
• 416 • Slow • (1985) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 425 • The Spy • (1962) • short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 430 • Starting from Scratch • (1970) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 434 • Steel • (1977) • short story by Alan Brennert
• 440 • A Stranger from Atlanta • (1996) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 448 • Strangers to Straba • (1954) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 458 • A Tale of the Lonely Larva • (1996) • short story by Del Stone, Jr.
• 460 • That Strain Again • (1980) • short story by Charles Sheffield
• 462 • They Live Forever • (1959) • short story by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• 468 • They're Playing Our Song • (1964) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 469 • Three Fingers in Utopia • (1985) • short story by Philip Sidney Jennings
• 478 • To Serve Man • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 486 • Too Many Eggs • (1962) • short story by Kris Neville
• 489 • Top Secret • (1948) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 491 • Tu Quoque • (1995) • short story by John DeChancie
• 500 • The Twerlik • (1964) • short story by Jack Sharkey
• 508 • Upstart • (1977) • short story by Steven Utley
• 511 • Varieties of Technological Experience • (1978) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 516 • Very Much Like a Game • (1996) • short story by Adam Niswander
• 519 • The Voice from the Curious Cube • (1937) • short story by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 522 • A Walk in the Wet • (1967) • short story by Dennis Etchison
• 530 • What's He Doing in There? • (1957) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 536 • Zoo • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch