This volume contains the major short science fiction of Robert Sheckley. Introduction by David G. Hartwell Contains: Leech—Demons—Fool's mate—Monsters—Seventh victim—Shape—Untouched by human hands—Something for nothing—Accountant—Thief in time—Battle—Milk run—Ghost V—Laxian key—Skulking permit—Squirrel cage—Lifeboat mutiny—Necessary thing—Citizen in space—Ticket to Tranai—Skag castle—All the things you are—Bad medicine—Early model—Pilgrimage to earth—Native problem—Language of love—Deaths of Ben Baxter—Wind is rising—Gray flannel armor—Holdout—Prize of peril—Minimum man—Sweeper of Loray—Triplication—Store of the worlds—Prospector's special—Shall we have a little talk? — Sarkanger—Dukakis and the aliens.