Introduction Experiences in Conflict -Liam O'Flaherty, The Sniper -Hernando Tellez, Lather and Nothing Else -Alastair Scobie, The Natives and the Hostile -Carl Stephenson, Leiningen Versus the Ants Experiences in the Unknown -Nelson Bond, Vital Factor -C.C.Shackleton, Ultimate Construction -John T Sladek, 1937 A.D.! -Gary Wright, Mirror of Ice -Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun Experiences in Laughter -Ellis Parker Butler, Pigs is Pigs -Gregory Clark, The Wedding Party -Robert Fontaine, Geralde and the Green, Green Grass -Shirley Jackson, Charles Experiences in Suspense -Richard Hardwick, Family Affair -Ambrose Bierce, The Middle Toe of the Right Foot -Jack Finney, Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket -Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado Experiences in Human Feelings -Irwin Shaw, Strawberry Ice Cream Soda -Don Tracy, Charity Ward -William Saroyan, Laughter -Evan Hunter, On the Sidewalk, Bleeding