Sandkings / George R.R. Martin -- Aura / Carlos Fuentes -- Barbara, of the House of Grebe / Thomas Hardy -- Torturing Mr. Amberwell / Thomas M. Disch -- The prayer / Violet Hunt -- Who goes there? / John W. Campbell -- --and my fear is great / Theodore Sturgeon -- When darkness loves us / Elizabeth Engstrom -- We purchased people / Frederik Pohl -- The striding place / Gertrude