A collection of short fiction published over a number of years showcasing Gardner's skills as a fiction writer.

Contents:

• Preface
• Thang
• The Dome of Many Colors
• So Long Old Girl
• Good Dancing, Sailor!
• The Horse on the Escalator
• No-Sided Professor
• The Conspicuous Turtle
• The Fall of Flatbush Smith
• Nora Says "Check."
• The Loves of Lady Coldpence
• At the Feet of Karl Klodhopper
• The Devila and the Trombone
• The Blue Birthmark
• Sibyl Sits In
• Love and Tiddlywinks
• One More Martini
• Old Man Gloom
• The Horrible Horns
• Private Eye Oglesby
• The Virgin from Kalamazoo
• The Sixth Ship
• Oom
• Merlina and the Colored Ice
• The Three Cowboys
• The Son of Mighty Casey
• Mysterious Smith
• Ranklin Felano Doosevelt
• The Stranger