An anthology of Science fiction stories edited by August Derleth. Contains stories by Clark Ashton Smith, A. E. Van Vogt, Henry Kuttner, Nelson Bond, Donald Wandrei, Fritz Leiber, Jr, P. Schuyler Miller, Frank Belknap Long, Philip Wylie, and Ray Bradbury. Contents (of the original hardbound edition published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy in 1948 - the Berkley paperback edition contains 10 of the original 20 stories, marked * below) Introduction August Derleth THE CUNNING OF THE BEAST* Nelson Bond THE WORM David H. Keller THE CRYSTAL BULLET* Donald Wandrei THE THING FROM OUTSIDE George Allan England AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS H.P. Lovecraft MARS ON THE ETHER Lord Dunsany THE GOD-BOX Howard Wandrei MR. BAUER AND THE ATOMS* Fritz Leiber Jr. THE CRYSTAL EGG H.G. Wells JOHN JONES’ DOLLAR Harry Stephen Keeler CALL HIM DEMON* Henry Kuttner MASTER OF THE ASTEROID* Clark Ashton Smith A GUEST IN THE HOUSE* Frank Belknap Long THE LOST STREET Carl Jacobi Clifford Simak FORGOTTEN* P. Schuyler Miller FAR CENTAURUS* A.E. van Vogt THUNDER AND ROSES Theodore Sturgeon THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH Robert A. Heinlein BLUNDER* Philip Wylie THE MILLION YEAR PICNIC* Ray Bradbury