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short stories edited by

Stanley Schmidt Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''. Biography Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from th ...

, the fifth of a number of anthologies drawing their contents from the classic magazine ''

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'' of the 1930s-1940s. It was first published in paperback by

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in October 1988. The book collects nine tales by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

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The Compleat Werewolf "The Compleat Werewolf" is a 1942 fantasy short story by Anthony Boucher. It was first published in '' Unknown Worlds''. Synopsis When philology professor Wolfe Wolf learns a magic word that can transform him into a wolf, the consequences are no ...

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(''Unknown Worlds'', Apr. 1942) * "The Coppersmith" (

Lester del Rey Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy an ...

(''Unknown'', Sep. 1939) * "A God in a Garden" (

Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American author of primarily fantasy fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and Horror fiction, horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 ...

(''Unknown'', Oct. 1939) * "Even the Angels" (

Malcolm Jameson Malcolm Routh Jameson (December 21, 1891 – April 16, 1945), commonly known as Malcolm Jameson, was an American science fiction author. An officer in the US Navy, he was active in American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fic ...

(''Unknown Fantasy Fiction'', Aug. 1941) * "Smoke Ghost" (

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Life ...

(''Unknown Worlds'', Oct. 1941) * "

Nothing in the Rules "Nothing in the Rules" is a contemporary fantasy story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. Publication history It was first published in the magazine ''Unknown'' for July, 1939.Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. ''De Camp: An L. Spr ...

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L. Sprague de Camp Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, Fantasy literature, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, both novels and works of ...

((''Unknown'', Jul. 1939) * "A Good Knight's Work" (

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime fiction, crime, psychological horror fiction, horror and Fantasy Fiction, fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and ...

(''Unknown Worlds'', Oct. 1941) * "The Devil We Know" (

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy fiction, fantasy and horror fiction, horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and ...

(''Unknown Fantasy Fiction'', Aug. 1941) * "The Angelic Angleworm" (

Fredric Brown Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.D. J. McReynolds, "The Short Fiction of Fredric Brown" in Frank N. Magill, (ed.) ''Survey of Science Fiction Literature'', Vol. ...

(''Unknown Worlds'', Feb. 1943)

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