The present collection - the first ever published of his shorter fiction - includes both one of his earliest stories ("Thirteen O'Clock") and a brand-new novelette, "Gomez," which appears here in print for the first time. Told with excitement and power, these stories display the delightfully ironic imagination of a writer who is master of his craft. Contains the short stories: "Gomez" "The Mindworm" "The Rocket of 1955" "The Altar at Midnight" "Thirteen O'Clock" "The Goodly Creatures" "Friend to Man" "With These Hands" "That Share of Glory"