Contents 1 • Bloodchild • (1984) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler 23 • Idiot Stick • (1958) • shortstory by Damon Knight 39 • Guesting Time • (1965) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty 49 • Trading Post • (1986) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr. 73 • And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr. 83 • Night of the Cooters • [War of the Worlds] • (1987) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop 105 • Roadside Rescue • (1985) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 115 • The Liberation of Earth • (1953) • shortstory by William Tenn 135 • Roog • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick 141 • Speed Trap • (1967) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl 155 • The Perfect Host • (1992) • novelette by Robert Silverberg 175 • Heresies of the Huge God • (1966) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss 187 • Sepoy • (1992) • novelette by Tom Purdom 209 • Dress Rehearsal • (1974) • shortstory by Harvey Jacobs 215 • The Screwfly Solution • (1977) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. [as by Raccoona Sheldon ] 239 • Further Reading (Invaders!) • (1993) • essay by uncredited