Search Worlds Without End

Eleven stories--by Piers Anthony, R.A. Lafferty, James E. Gunn, and others--focus on the lives and motives of extraterrestrials on Earth, their adjustment to human society, and their impact on human life.

Contents:

• xi - Introduction (Young Extraterrestrials) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 3 - Doorstep - (1961) - short story by Keith Laumer
• 12 - Who's on First? - (1958) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• 54 - In the Jaws of Danger - [Dr. Dillingham] - (1967) - short story by Piers Anthony
• 76 - The Witness - (1951) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 108 - The Mississippi Saucer - (1951) - short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 130 - Primary Education of the Camiroi - [Camiroi] - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 148 - Tween - (1978) - novelette by J. F. Bone
• 180 - Zoo - (1958) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 183 - Subcommittee - (1962) - novelette by Zenna Henderson
• 214 - Keyhole - (1951) - short story by Murray Leinster
• 237 - Kindergarten - (1970) - short story by James E. Gunn

A collection of short stories by a variety of authors about children with one common characteristic--they are all mutants.

Contents:

• 9 - Introduction (Young Mutants) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 17 - Hail and Farewell - (1953) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 29 - Keep Out - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
• 35 - What Friends Are For - (1974) - short story by John Brunner
• 63 - The Wonder Horse - (1957) - short story by George Byram
• 85 - He That Hath Wings - (1938) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 122 - Second Sight - (1956) - short story by Alan E. Nourse
• 141 - I Can't Help Saying Goodbye - (1978) - short story by Ann Mackenzie
• 147 - The Listening Child - (1950) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 162 - The Children's Room - (1947) - novelette by Raymond F. Jones
• 215 - The Lost Language - (1934) - short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
• 231 - Prone - (1954) - short story by Mack Reynolds
• 243 - Come On, Wagon! - (1951) - short story by Zenna Henderson

A collection of stories by a variety of authors about young people with one common characteristic--they are all monsters.

Contents:

• 1 - The Power of Evil - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 7 - Homecoming - [The Elliott Family] - (1947) - short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
• 27 - Good-by, Miss Patterson - (1972) - short story by Phyllis MacLennan
• 32 - Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair - (1978) - short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 50 - The Wheelbarrow Boy - (1950) - short story by Richard Parker
• 56 - The Cabbage Patch - (1952) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 63 - The Thing Waiting Outside - (1977) - short story by Barbara Williamson
• 72 - Red As Blood - (1979) - short story by Tanith Lee
• 88 - Gabriel-Ernest - (1975) - short story by Saki
• 98 - Fritzchen - (1953) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• 114 - The Young One - (1954) - novelette by Jerome Bixby
• 155 - Optical Illusion - (1953) - short story by Mack Reynolds
• 160 - Idiot's Crusade - (1954) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 183 - One for the Road - [Jerusalem's Lot] - (1977) - short story by Stephen King
• 208 - Angelica - (1979) - short story by Jane Yolen

Includes twelve tales involving young ghosts by a variety of authors.

Contents:

• ix - Ghosts - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - Lost Hearts - (1895) - short story by M. R. James
• 17 - On the Brighton Road - (1912) - short story by Richard Middleton
• 23 - Poor Little Saturday - (1956) - short story by Madeleine L'Engle
• 48 - The Lake - (1944) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 58 - A Pair of Hands - (1934) - short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch
• 77 - Old Haunts - (1957) - short story by Richard Matheson
• 93 - An Uncommon Sort of Spectre - (1879) - short story by Edward Page Mitchell
• 107 - The House of the Nightmare - (1906) - short story by Edward Lucas White
• 122 - The Shadowy Third - (1916) - novelette by Ellen Glasgow
• 160 - The Twilight Road - (1967) - short story by H. F. Brinsmead
• 169 - The Voices of El Dorado - (1974) - short story by Howard Goldsmith
• 186 - The Changing of the Guard - (1985) - short story by Anne Serling and Rod Serling (variant of Changing of the Guard)

Stories tell of immortal dogs, perfect cell regeneration, eternal childhood, and an unending experiment.

A collection of nine science fiction stories about children who have traveled in space.

Contents:

• ix - Wilderness - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." - (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 9 - Berserker's Prey - [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] - (1967) - short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 25 - Call Me Proteus - (1973) - novelette by Edward Wellen
• 50 - Teddi - (1973) - novelette by Andre Norton
• 72 - The Gambling Hell and the Sinful Girl - (1975) - short story by Katherine MacLean
• 93 - Invasion Report - (1954) - novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 115 - A Start in Life - (1954) - short story by Arthur Sellings
• 138 - Big Sword - [Space (Pauline Ashwell)] - (1958) - novelette by Pauline Ashwell
• 206 - The Gift - (1952) - short story by Ray Bradbury

Ten short stories by a variety of authors about young practitioners of witchcraft.

Contents:

• xi - How Exciting! - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - The April Witch - [The Elliott Family] - (1952) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 17 - Witch Girl - (1953) - short story by Elizabeth Coatsworth
• 27 - The Wonderful Day - (1940) - novelette by Robert Arthur
• 72 - With Four Lean Hounds - (1984) - novelette by Pat Murphy
• 107 - Mistress Sary - (1947) - short story by William Tenn
• 126 - Teragram - (1955) - short story by Evelyn E. Smith
• 140 - Stevie and the Dark - (1952) - short story by Zenna Henderson
• 157 - A Message from Charity - (1967) - short story by William M. Lee
• 190 - The Entrance Exam - (1976) - short story by Mary Carey
• 202 - The Boy Who Drew Cats - [Japanese Fairy Tale Series - 23] - (1898) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn