“Dirty Water” is copyright © 2023 by Jesse Lee and appears here for the first time.
“A Shipshape Reunion” is copyright © 2022 by Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Beks and the Second Note” is copyright © 2016 by Bruce Arthurs. Originally published in Alfred hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 2016. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Alfred hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine“Dirge for a Nude,” by Jonathan Craig, was originally published in Manhunt, February 1953.
ManhuntThe Powder Dock Mystery, edited and revised version, is copyright © 2023 by John Betancourt.
The Powder Dock Mystery,“It’s No Longer Astounding!” by Harlan Ellison, originally appeared in The Chigger Patch of Fandom #4 (1954).
The Chigger Patch of Fandom“Kitty Wampole,” is copyright © 2023 by Phyllis Ann Karr and appears here for the first time.
“The Stainless Steel Rat,” by Harry Harrison, was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1957.
Astounding Science Fiction“The Eleventh Hour,” by Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg, is taken from The Achievements of Luther Trant (1910).
The Achievements of Luther Trant“Date Line,” by Noel M. Loomis, was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948, under the pseudonym “Benj. Miller.”
Thrilling Wonder Stories,“White Spot,” by Murray Leinster, was originally published in Startling Stories, Summer 1955.
Startling Stories