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• 3 • Editorial (Vertex, April 1974) • essay by Donald J. Pfeil
• 4 • Night Watch • novelette by William K. Carlson
• 4 •  Night Watch • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 8 •   Review: Astounding: The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology by Harry Harrison • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: Conscience Interplanetary by Joseph Green • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: The Stone That Never Came Down by John Brunner • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: Herovit's World by Barry N. Malzberg • review by Richard Ashby
• 10 •   Review: Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg • review by Donald J. Pfeil [as by Donald Pfeil]
• 11 •   Review: Clarion III by Robin Scott Wilson • review by Donald J. Pfeil (variant of Clarion #3) [as by Donald Pfeil]
• 11 •   Review: Jupiter by Carol Pohl and Frederik Pohl • review by Donald J. Pfeil [as by Donald Pfeil]
• 12 • History Lesson • short story by J. Douglas Burtt
• 12 • Knowing • short story by John Croft Norton
• 12 •  Vertex Potpourri • interior artwork by Bruce Day
• 13 • Second Paradise Lost • short story by Donald J. Pfeil [as by Don Pfeil]
• 16 • Time Scoop • novelette by John Hollis Mason [as by John Keith Mason]
• 16 •  Time Scoop • interior artwork by Stevan Arnold
• 21 • A Short History of the Space Program; or, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 28 • Manual of Operations • short story by Jerry Pournelle
• 28 •  Manual of Operations • interior artwork by Rodger MacGowan
• 34 • Vertex Interviews Harlan Ellison • interview of Harlan Ellison • interview by Arthur Byron Cover
• 38 • The Magic Machine • short story by Scott Edelstein
• 38 •  The Magic Machine • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 40 • Televerite • short story by Larry Eisenberg
• 40 •  Televerite • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 45 • The Space Theatre • essay by Greg Bear
• 52 •  There's Energy Everywhere • interior artwork by Frank Page
• 52 • There's Energy Everywhere • essay by Igor Bohassian
• 56 • Mattie Harris, Galactic Spy • short story by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
• 60 • Tower of Babble • short story by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
• 60 •  Tower of Babble • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 72 • Shell Shock • short story by Donald Franson
• 72 •  Shell Shock • interior artwork by Monte Rogers
• 84 • Deeper Than Death • short story by Steven Utley
• 84 •  Deeper Than Death • interior artwork by Stevan Arnold
• 95 •  Cartoon (Vertex, April 1974) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
• 99 • Moment in History: The First and the Last • essay by uncredited