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*String of Pearls* is a (perhaps not so subtly) hinted story of a mysterious lady, two ruffians, and entrapment. It ends with an outrageous pun!

*Founding Fathers* is a delightful story about some small time crooks and the american revolution.

*All on a Golden Afternoon* is a whimsical story about a psychiatrist and his star patient. Choice quote:

"Dr. Saul Prager tried not to betray his impatience, but his right foot pressed down on the accelerator and a surrogate of exhaust did his fuming for him."

*Terror in the night* is a story about an escaped sanatorium patient.

*Dead-End Doctor* is about a Kongrosian-like figure, who however in the end finds his purpose in life.

*A Good Imagination* is a Poe-like story of jealousy and murder.

*You got to have brains* is another enjoyable noir / sf melange with macabre overtones.

*Where the Buffalo Roam* is a post-apocalyptic wild west utopia of racial harmony that is suddenly threatened by the past.

*The past master* starts off as an ordinary story, but then becomes science fiction.

*The goddess of wisdom* is a heavily hinted science fiction story.