- "Anthropological Note," a short novelet by Murray Leinster. An anthropologist studies the natives of a planet humans want to exploit. C.

- "The Little Witch of Elm Street," a story by Mildred Clingerman. The neighbors' toddler might be possessed. C plus.

- "We Move on Turning Stone," verse by Leah Bodine Drake. F.

- "QRM," a story by Richard Wilson. A news service intercepts messages from Venus. C plus.

- "The By-Product of Science Fiction," an article by Isaac Asimov. C plus.

- "The Girls on Channel N," a story by Bob Ottum. Interdimentional beings on the television want Earth's women. D.

- "Little Jimmy," a story by Lester Del Rey. A man's elderly mother has a ghost boy. C.

- "Masters of the Metropolis," a story by Randall Garrett & Lin Carter. A parody of old-timey sci-fi serials. C plus.

- "The Status Quo Peddlers," a story by G.C. Edmondson. People in the mountains of Mexico don't know the world has ended. C plus.

- "Recommended Reading," a department by Anthony Boucher. C.

- "License," a novelet by Poul Anderson. A part-time gangster kidnaps an heiress. C plus.

- "Second Prize," a story by John Novotny. A married man accidentally wins a night with Helen of Troy. C plus.

- "Didn't He Ramble," a story by Chad Oliver. A jazz-obsessed man lives in a re-creation of 1917 New Orleans. C minus.

- "Saturnian Celia," extracts from a 1774 letter by Horace Walpole. D. ( )