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"The Berendt Conversion"
© Ramparts, Jul 1975
Foregn Constellations, 1980
--/ cool sf story

"Break The Door Of Hell"
(Traveller In Black)
© Impulse, Apr 1966
Traveller In Black, 1971

"City Of The Tiger"
(Gerald Howson series)
© Science Fantasy, 1958
The Whole Man, 1964

"Curative Telepath"
(Gerald Howson series)
© Science Fantasy, 1958
The Whole Man, 1964

"Easy Way Out"
© IF, May 1971
Foregn Constellations, 1980
--/ cool sf story

"Endless Shadow" (nv)
(also as "Manshape")
© 1964, Ace Double

"The Fire Is Lit"
(Traveller In Black)
© IASFM, Sep 1982

"Galactic Consumer Report No. 2:
Automatic Twin-Tube Wishing Machines"
(Consumer Report Series)
© Galaxy, Jun 1966
Time Jump, 1973
--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"The Last Lonely Man"
© New Worlds, May 1964
Out Of My Mind, 1967

"The Man From The Big Dark"
© Science Fiction Adventures, Jun 1958
No Other Gods But Me, 1966

"Manshape" (nv)
(also as "Endless Shadow")
© 1964, Ace Double
revised: Tor, 1988

"No Future In It"
(as by Keith Woodcott)
© 1955, Science Fantasy
No Future In It, 1962
--/ cool f story

"Out Of Mindshot"
© Galaxy, Jun 1970
Foregn Constellations, 1980

"A Planet Of Your Own" (nv)
© Ace Double, 1966

"Pond Water"
© The Farthest Reaches, ed. J. Elder, 1968
Foregn Constellations, 1980
--/ cool sf story

"The Product Of The Masses"
© IF, Apr 1968
Time-Jump, 1973

"The Protocols Of The Elders Of Britain"
© Stopwatch, ed. G. Hay, 1974
Foregn Constellations, 1980

"Real Messengers"
© Heaven Sent, ed. P. Crowther, 1995

"Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface"
© Astounding, Aug 1960
No Future In It, 1962
--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"Sentences Of Death"
© Thieves World, ed. R. Asprin, 1979
Sanctuary, Robert Asprin, 1982

"Squares Of The City" (nv)
© 1965, Ballantine Books
--novel : 1966 Hugo

"The Suicide Of Man"
© IASFM, Jul 1978
Foregn Constellations, 1980

"The Taste Of The Dish And The Savor Of Day"
© F&SF, Aug 1977
Foregn Constellations, 1980

"The Things That Are Gods"
(Traveller In Black series)
© F&SF, Apr 1979
--novelette : 1980 Locus /10

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"Thinkertoy"
© The Williamson Effect, ed. R. Zelazny, 1996
--short story : 1997 Locus Poll

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"What Friends Are For"
© Fellowship Of The Stars, ed. T. Carr, 1974
Foregn Constellations, 1980

"The Whole Man"
(Gerald Howson series)
© Science Fantasy, 1959
The Whole Man, 1964
--novel : 1965 Hugo

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