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"Alexander The Bait"
© Astounding, May 1946
The Square Root Of Man, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"Bernie The Faust"
© Playboy, Nov 1963
The Seven Sexes, 1968
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ humour award

"Betelgeuse Bridge"
© Galaxy, Apr 1951
The Wooden Star, 1968

"Brooklyn Project"
© Planet Stories, Fll 1948
The Wooden Star, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"Child's Play"
© Astounding, Mar 1947
The Seven Sexes, 1968
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"The Deserter"
© Star Science Fiction # 1, 1953
The Wooden Star, 1968

"The Discovery Of Morniel Mathaway"
© Galaxy, Oct 1955
The Human Angle, 1956

"Dud"
(as Kenneth Putnam)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr 1948

"Eastward Ho!"
© F&SF, Oct 1958
The Wooden Star, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"Errand Boy"
© Astounding, Jun 1947
The Seven Sexes, 1968
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"Firewater"
© Astounding, Feb 1952
Time In Advance, 1958
--/ cool sf story

"The Flat-Eyed Monster"
© Galaxy, Aug 1955
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ humour award


"Flirgleflip"
(also as "The Remarkable Fligrle Flip")
© Fantastic Adventures, May 1950
Of All Possible Worlds, 1955

"The Human Angle"
© Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Oct 1948
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ cool f story

"The Human Angle" (coll)
© Ballantine Books, 1953
--/ fourth place sf collection
--/ style award

"The Jester"
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug 1951
The Square Root of Man, 1968

"A Man Of Family"
© The Human Angle, 1956

"Mistress Sary"
© Weird Tales, May 1947
The Seven Sexes, 1968

"Null-P"
© Worlds Beyond, Jan 1951
The Wooden Star, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"On Venus Have We Got A Rabbi"
© Wandering Stars, ed. J. Dann, 1974
--novelette : 1975 Locus /5

"Party of the Two Parts"
© Galaxy, Aug 1954
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ cool sf novella
--/ idea award

"Project Hush"
© Galaxy, Feb 1954
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"The Remarkable Fligrle Flip"
(also as "Flirgleflip")
© Fantastic Adventures, May 1950
Of All Possible Worlds, 1955

"The Servant Problem"
© Galaxy, Apr 1955
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ cool sf story

"She Only Goes Out At Night"
© Fantastic Universe, Oct 1956
The Square Root Of Man, 1968
--/ cool f story

"The Sickness"
© Infinity Science Fiction, Nov 1955
Time In Advance, 1971

"Venus And The Seven Sexes"
© The Girl With The Hungry Eyes,
ed. D. Wollhelm, 1949

The Seven Sexes, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"Wednesday's Child"
© Fantastic Universe, Jan 1956
The Human Angle, 1956
--/ third place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award
--/ style award
--/ humour award
--/ shock value


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