Introduction -- 1. Hordes of the things : comic fantasies: Turntables of the night / by Terry Pratchett ; Slice of life / by P.G. Wodehouse ; Better mousetrap / by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt ; Sam Small's better half / by Eric Knight ; Danse macabre / by Mervyn Peake ; Shoddy lands / C.S. Lewis ; Harrison Bergeron / by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ; Possible to rue / by Piers Anthony -- 2. Deadly nightshapes : tales of the supernatural: Right side / by John Collier ; Nasty / by Frederic Brown ; Gripes of wraith / by Nelson Bond ; Roaches / by Thomas M. Disch ; Lady of the house of love / by Angela Carter ; Stone thing / by Michael Moorcock ; Shrink and the mink / by Robert Bloch ' Ah sweet mystery of life / by Roald Dahl -- 3. Vacant space : stories of science fiction: Man in asbestos / by Stephen Leacock ; Female of the species / by John Wyndham ; Good shellacking / by Stanislaw Lem ; From Gustible's planet / by Cordwainer Smith ; Specialist / by Robert Sheckley ; Adventure of the Martian moons / by William F. Nolan ; Golden years of the stainless steel rat / by Harry Harrison ; No morning after / by Arthur C. Clarke.