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"Adventures In Unhistory:
The Secret Of Hyperborea"
© IASFM, Dec 1981

"Basilisk"
© New Worlds of Fantasy # 1, ed. T. Carr, 1967

"The Bounty Hunter"
© Fantastic Universe, Mar 1958
What Strange Stars and Skies, 1965

"Bumberboom"
© F&SF, Dec 1966

"The Golem"
© F&SF, Mar 1958
--/ cool sf story

"A Good Night's Sleep"
(also as ""Sleep Well of Nights")
(Jack Limekiller series)
© F&SF, Aug 1978

"Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper"
(Dr. Morris Goldpepper)
© Galaxy, Jul 1957
Or All the Seas with Oysters, 1962

"The House The Blackeneys Built"
© F&SF, Jan 1965
Strange Seas And Shores, 1971
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award
--/ emotion award


"The Kappa Nu Nexus"
(with Morton Klass)
© F&SF, Aug 1961

"The King's Shadow Has No Limits"
(Dr. Eszterhazy)
© Whispers, Dec 1975
The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy, 1975
--/ cool f story
--/ style award

"Masters Of The Maze" (nv)
© 1965, Pyramid Books
--/ cool sf novel

"Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard"
(Dr. Eszterhazy)
© 1975, The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy

"Naples"
© Shadows, ed. C. Grant, 1978
--short story : 1979 World Fantasy W
--/ cool f story
--/ style award

"No Fire Burns"
© Playboy, Jul 1959
--/ cool f story
--/ emotion award
--/ rare find


"Now Let Us Sleep"
© Venture, Sep 1957
Or All the Seas with Oysters, 1962
--/ cool sf story

"Or All the Seas with Oysters"
© Galaxy, May 1958
Or All the Seas with Oysters, 1962
--short story : 1958 Hugo W
--short story : 1999 Locus All-Time Poll /17 (tie)

--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"The Phoenix and the Mirror" (nv)
© 1969, Ace Books

"The Roads, the Roads, the Beautiful Roads"
© Orbit # 5, ed. D. Knight, 1969
--/ cool car sf story

"Rork!" (nv)
© 1977, Manor Books

"Sacheverell"
© F&SF, Mar 1964
Strange Seas and Shores, 1971

"The Singular Events Which Occurred
in the Hovel on the Alley Off Eye Street"
© F&SF, Feb 1962
What Strange Stars and Skies, 1965

"Sleep Well of Nights"
(also as "A Good Night's Sleep")
(Jack Limekiller series)
© F&SF, Aug 1978

"The Sources of the Nile"
© F&SF, Jan 1961
Strange Seas and Shores, 1971

"The Tail-Tied Kings"
© Galaxy, Apr 1962
Strange Seas and Shores, 1971
--/ cool sf story

"They Loved Me In Utica"
© New Worlds Of Fantasy # 2,
ed. T. Carr, 1970

--/ cool sf story
--/ style award

"What Strange Stars and Skies"
© F&SF, Dec 1963
What Strange Stars and Skies, 1965
--/ cool sf story

"While You're Up"
© F&SF, Oct 1988

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