• "The Streets of Ashkelon"
  • "Portrait of the Artist"
  • "Rescue Operation"
  • "Captain Bedlam"
  • "Final Encounter"
  • "Unto My Manifold Dooms"
  • "The Pliable Animal"
  • "Captain Honario Harpplayer, RN"
  • "According to His Abilities"
  • "I Always Do What Teddy Says"

    Note: The original Gollancz and Bantam editions include an introduction by Brian W.Aldiss

    Harrison's second collection of short stories, ten of them here, covering the period 1957-1964.

    Dedication: To Robert P. Mills