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• vii • Introduction (The Arts and Beyond) • essay by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 1 • Black Charlie • (1954) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 16 • The Masterpiece • short story by J. J. Russ
• 32 • A Museum Piece • (1963) • short story by Roger Zelazny
•  Black Charlie • interior artwork by Robert Huntoon
•  The Masterpiece • interior artwork by Celeste Barbera
•  A Museum Piece • interior artwork by William McMahon
•  Telepathos • interior artwork by David Montiel
• 42 • Telepathos • (1974) • novelette by Ronald Cain
• 74 • Stella Blue • [Timedippers] • (1974) • short story by Grant Carrington
• 86 • Ultimate Melody • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of The Ultimate Melody)
• 93 • Eldorado • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 105 • The Ghost Writer • (1973) • short story by George Alec Effinger
•  Stella Blue • interior artwork by David Montiel
•  Ultimate Melody • interior artwork by Nathaniel Harrison
•  Eldorado • interior artwork by William McMahon
•  The Ghost Writer • interior artwork by Marian Donach
• 117 • Camera Obscura • (1977) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 132 • Patron of the Arts • (1972) • novelette by William Rotsler
•  Camera Obscura • interior artwork by Celeste Barbera
•  Patron of the Arts • interior artwork by Damian Henriques
•  With These Hands • interior artwork by Evelyn C. Rysdyk
•  Shoppe Keeper • interior artwork by Robert Huntoon
• 165 • With These Hands • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• 183 • Shoppe Keeper • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 203 • About the Artists (The Arts and Beyond) • essay by Thomas F. Monteleone