Anthology of 30 fantasy stories from 1939 to 1990, chosen by members of the Science Fiction Writers of America. includes an introduction by Robert Silverberg and individual story introductions by Martin H. Greenberg.

Contents

• Trouble with Water (1939) by H. L. Gold
• Nothing in the Rules (1939) by L. Sprague de Camp
• Fruit of Knowledge (1940) by C. L. Moore
• Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1941) by Jorge Luís Borges
• The Compleat Werewolf (1942) by Anthony Boucher
• The Small Assassin (1946) by Ray Bradbury
• The Lottery (1948) by Shirley Jackson
• Our Fair City (1949) by Robert A. Heinlein
• There Shall Be No Darkness (1950) by James Blish
• The Loom of Darkness (1950) by Jack Vance
• The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles (1951) by Margaret St. Clair
• The Silken-Swift (1953) by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Golem (1955) by Avram Davidson
• Operation Afreet (1956) by Poul Anderson
• That Hell-Bound Train (1958) by Robert Bloch
• Bazaar of the Bizarre (1963) by Fritz Leiber
• Come Lady Death (1963) by Peter S. Beagle
• The Drowned Giant (1964) by J. G. Ballard
• Narrow Valley (1966) by R. A. Lafferty
• Faith of Our Fathers (1967) by Philip K. Dick
• The Ghost of a Model T (1975) by Clifford D. Simak
• The Demoness (1976) by Tanith Lee
• Jeffty Is Five (1977) by Harlan Ellison
• The Detective of Dreams (1980) by Gene Wolfe
• Unicorn Variations (1981) by Roger Zelazny
• Basileus (1983) by Robert Silverberg
• The Jaguar Hunter (1985) by Lucius Shepard
• Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight (1987) by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Bears Discover Fire (1990) by Terry Bisson
• Tower of Babylon (1990) by Ted Chiang