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• xi • Foreword: The Man Who Hated Short Stories • essay by Mike Resnick
• 1 • Introduction: Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut off the Sun? • essay by Mike Resnick
• 3 • Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut off the Sun? • (1992) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 7 • Introduction: Kirinyaga • essay by Mike Resnick
• 8 • Kirinyaga • [Kirinyaga • 2] • (1988) • novelette by Mike Resnick
• 31 • Introduction: Me and My Shadow • essay by Mike Resnick
• 32 • Me and My Shadow • (1984) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 51 • Introduction: Mrs. Hood Unloads • essay by Mike Resnick
• 52 • Mrs. Hood Unloads • (1991) • shortfiction by Mike Resnick
• 57 • Introduction: Over There • essay by Mike Resnick
• 58 • Over There • [Teddy Roosevelt] • (1991) • novelette by Mike Resnick
• 85 • Introduction: The Last Dog • essay by Mike Resnick
• 86 • The Last Dog • (1977) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 95 • Introduction: King of the Blue Planet • essay by Mike Resnick
• 96 • King of the Blue Planet • (1988) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 111 • Introduction: Watching Marcia • essay by Mike Resnick
• 112 • Watching Marcia • (1981) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 125 • Introduction: Death Is an Acquired Trait • essay by Mike Resnick
• 126 • Death Is an Acquired Trait • (1988) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 133 • Introduction: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg • essay by Mike Resnick
• 134 • The Crack in the Cosmic Egg • (1988) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 137 • Introduction: Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies • essay by Mike Resnick
• 138 • Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies • (1992) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 151 • Introduction: For I Have Touched the Sky • essay by Mike Resnick
• 152 • For I Have Touched the Sky • [Kirinyaga • 3] • (1989) • novelette by Mike Resnick
• 183 • Introduction: Frankie the Spook • essay by Mike Resnick
• 184 • Frankie the Spook • (1990) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 203 • Introduction: Beibermann's Soul • essay by Mike Resnick
• 204 • Beibermann's Soul • (1988) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 209 • Introduction: Balance • essay by Mike Resnick
• 210 • Balance • [Susan Calvin] • (1989) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 217 • Introduction: Posttime in Pink • essay by Mike Resnick
• 218 • Posttime in Pink • [John Justin Mallory] • (1991) • novelette by Mike Resnick (variant of Post Time in Pink)
• 249 • Introduction: Beachcomber • essay by Mike Resnick
• 250 • Beachcomber • (1980) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 255 • Introduction: Blue • essay by Mike Resnick
• 256 • Blue • (1979) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 261 • Introduction: Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera • essay by Mike Resnick
• 262 • Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera • (1986) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 271 • Introduction: Monsters of the Midway • essay by Mike Resnick
• 272 • Monsters of the Midway • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 279 • Introduction: Malish • essay by Mike Resnick
• 280 • Malish • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 285 • Introduction: The Light that Blinds, the Claws that Catch • essay by Mike Resnick
• 286 • The Light that Blinds, the Claws that Catch • [Teddy Roosevelt] • (1992) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 295 • Introduction: His Award-Winning Science Fiction Story • essay by Mike Resnick
• 296 • His Award-Winning Science Fiction Story • (1988) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 309 • Introduction: Was It Good For You, Too? • essay by Mike Resnick
• 310 • Was It Good For You, Too? • (1989) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 317 • Introduction: God and Mr. Slatterman • essay by Mike Resnick
• 318 • God and Mr. Slatterman • (1984) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 327 • Introduction: The Fallen Angel • essay by Mike Resnick
• 328 • The Fallen Angel • (1984) • shortfiction by Mike Resnick
• 331 • Introduction: How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach • essay by Mike Resnick
• 332 • How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach • (1990) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
• 339 • Introduction: Winter Solstice • essay by Mike Resnick
• 340 • Winter Solstice • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick