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• ix • Not to Mention R. A. Lafferty: A Personal Introduction • essay by Neil Gaiman
• 1 • Introduction (Slow Tuesday Night) • essay by Michael Dirda
• 5 • Slow Tuesday Night • (1965) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 15 • Introduction (Narrow Valley) • essay by Michael Swanwick
• 17 • Narrow Valley • (1966) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 35 • Introduction (Nor Limestone Islands) • essay by Michael Bishop
• 37 • Nor Limestone Islands • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 54 • Introduction (Interurban Queen) • essay by Terry Bisson
• 56 • Interurban Queen • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 69 • Rump of Skunk and Madness; or, How to Read R. A. Lafferty • essay by Jack Dann
• 72 • Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1967) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 87 • Introduction (In Our Block) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• 89 • In Our Block • (1965) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 98 • Introduction (Ride a Tin Can) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• 100 • Ride a Tin Can • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 117 • Introduction (Nine-Hundred Grandmothers) • essay by Patton Oswalt
• 118 • Nine-Hundred Grandmothers • [Habitable Worlds] • short story by R. A. Lafferty (variant of Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1966)
• 131 • Afterword (Nine-Hundred Grandmothers) • essay by Andy Duncan
• 134 • Introduction (Land of the Great Horses) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Introduction to Land of the Great Horses 1967)
• 138 • Land of the Great Horses • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1967) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 147 • Afterword (Land of the Great Horses) • essay by Gregory Frost
• 151 • Introduction (Eurema's Dam) • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 153 • Eurema's Dam • (1972) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 169 • Introduction (Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies) • essay by Kelly Robson
• 171 • Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies • (1978) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 210 • Introduction (The Primary Education of the Camiroi) • essay by Samuel R. Delany
• 213 • The Primary Education of the Camiroi • [Camiroi] • (1968) • short story by R. A. Lafferty (variant of Primary Education of the Camiroi 1966)
• 230 • Introduction (Continued on Next Rock) • essay by Nancy Kress
• 232 • Continued on Next Rock • (1970) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 262 • How I Wrote 'Continued on Next Rock': An Afterword • essay by R. A. Lafferty
• 265 • Introduction (Sky) • essay by Gwenda Bond
• 267 • Sky • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 282 • Introduction (Cliffs That Laughed) • essay by Gregory Feeley
• 285 • Cliffs That Laughed • (1969) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 302 • Introduction (Seven-Day Terror) • essay by Connie Willis
• 304 • Seven-Day Terror • (1962) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 313 • Introduction (Boomer Flats) • essay by Cat Rambo
• 315 • Boomer Flats • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 337 • Introduction (Old Foot Forgot) • essay by John Scalzi
• 339 • Old Foot Forgot • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 353 • Introduction (The World As Will and Wallpaper) • essay by Samuel R. Delany
• 356 • The World As Will and Wallpaper • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 375 • Introduction (Funnyfingers) • essay by Andrew Ferguson
• 377 • Funnyfingers • (1976) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 395 • Introduction (Thieving Bear Planet) • essay by Jeff VanderMeer
• 398 • Thieving Bear Planet • [Habitable Worlds] • (1982) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 419 • Introduction (Days of Grass, Days of Straw) • essay by Gary K. Wolfe
• 421 • Days of Grass, Days of Straw • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty