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"1937 A.D.!"
© New Worlds, Jul 1967
--/ cool time sf story

"The Agressor"
© Amazing, Mar 1969
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award

"The Babe In The Oven"
(also as "The Secret Of The Old Custard")
© IF, Nov 1966
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea award

"The Bestseller"
© 1969, Strange Faeces
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea award

"Broot Force"
© F&SF, Sep 1972
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award
--/ idea award


"Capital C On Planet Amp"
(also as "Is There Death On Other Planets?")
© Ellery Quinn Mystery Magazine, Dec 1966
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"Elephant With Wooden Leg"
© Antigrav, ed. P. Strick, 1975
also in - Galaxy, Jan 1976
Keep the Giraffe Burning, 1977

"Engineer To The Gods"
© F&SF, Aug 1972
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"Flatland"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 5, 1973
Keep The Giraffe Burning, 1977
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"The Great Wall of Mexico"
© Bad Moon Rising, ed. T. Disch, 1973
Keep the Giraffe Burning, 1977
--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"The Happy Breed"
© 1967, Dangerous Visions
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"Is There Death On Other Planets?"
(also as "Capital C On Planet Amp")
© Ellery Quinn Mystery Magazine, Dec 1966
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"Joy Ride"
© F&SF, Nov 1972
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"The Kindly Ones"
© New Worlds # 7, 1974
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"The Man From Not-Yet"
(also as "The Singular Visitor From Not-Yet")
© Playboy, Jun 1968
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story

"The Man Who Devoured Books"
(also as "The Transcendental Sandwich")
© IF, Jan 1971
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award
--/ idea award


"Masterton And The Clerks"
© 1969, New Worlds

"The Momster"
(also as "The Monster")
© Fantastic, Apr 1969
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story

"The Moon Is Six-Pence"
© The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award
--/ idea award


"Mystery Diet Of The Gods: A Revelation"
(with Thomas M. Disch)
© Swank, Oct 1976

"Name: Please Print"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 5, 1973
Alien Accounts, 1982

"One Damned Thing After Another"
© The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"Pemberly's Start-Afresh"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 1, 1971
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"The Poets Of Millgrove, Iowa"
© New Worlds, Nov 1966
Keep The Giraffe Burning, 1977
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"The Purloined Butter"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 3, 1973
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story

"A Report On The Migrations Of Educational Materials"
© F&SF, Dec 1968
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"Secret Identity"
© New Worlds, 1970
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"The Secret Of The Old Custard"
(also as "The Babe In The Oven")
© IF, Nov 1966
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea award

"The Short Happy Wife Of Mansard Elliot"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 1, 1971
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"The Singular Visitor From Not-Yet"
(also as "The Man From Not-Yet")
© Playboy, Jun 1968
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story

"Solar Shoe-Salesman"
© F&SF, Mar 1973
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ style award
--/ idea award


"The Steam-Driven Boy"
© Nova # 2, ed. H. Harrison, 1972
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973

"The Sublimation World"
© F&SF, Jul 1968
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"The Transcendental Sandwich"
(also as "The Man Who Devoured Books")
© IF, Jan 1971
The Steam-Driven Boy, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

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