Introduction : Snacks / by Isaac Asimov --
Six words / Lew Gillis --
Little things / Isaac Asimov --
Matter of life and death / Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg --
Perfect pigeon / Carroll Mayers --
Cop who loved flowers / Henry Slesar --
Trick or treat / Judith Garner --
Twice around the block / Lawrence Treat --
Easy score / Al Nussbaum --
Good Lord will provide / Lawrence Treat and Charles M. Plotz --
Boomerang / Harold Q. Masur --
Way it's supposed to be / Elsin Ann Graffam --
Thank you, Mr. Thurston / Ed Dumonte --
Funeral music / Francis M. Nevins, Jr. --
Murder will out / Edward Wellen --
Insignificant crime / Maxine O'Callaghan --
Stray bullet / Gary Brandner --
Night out with the boys / Elsin Ann Graffam --
Office party / Mary Bradford --
Comes the dawn / Michael Kurland --
Acting job / Richard Deming --
Last smile / Henry Slesar --
Grief counselor / Julie Smith --
Best place / A.F. Oreshnik --
Dead end / Alvin S. Fick --
Pure Rotten / John Lutz --
Grounds for divorce / James Holding --
Inside out / Barry N. Malzberg --
Physician and the opium fiend / R.L. Stevens --
Over the borderline / Jeff Sweet --
It could happen to you / John Lutz --
Class reunion / Charles Boeckman --
Way it is now / Elaine Slater --
Hot rock / James McKimmey --
Puff of orange smoke / Lael J. Littke --
Chicken player / Joe L. Hensley --
Nothing but bad news / Henry Slesar --
Quick and the dead / Helen McCloy --
Exercise in insurance / James Holding --
Old heap / Alvin S. Fick --
As the wheel turns / Jane Speed --
Knit one, purl two ... / Thomasina Weber --
Paternal instinct / Al Nussbaum --
What kind of person are you? / Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg --
Shatter proof / Jack Ritchie --
Out of order / Carl Henry Rathjen --
Handy man / Marion M. Markham --
Nightmare / Elaine Slater --
Recipe for revenge / Jane Speed --
Sweet fever / Bill Pronzini --
Two postludes / Isak Romun --
Deal in diamonds / Edward D. Hoch --
Last Day of Shooting / Dion Henderson --
Blisters in May / Jack Ritchie --
Collector / Patricia A. Mathews --
House call / Elsin Ann Graffam --
Adventure of the blind alley / Edward Wellen --
Unfriendly neighbor / Al Nussbaum --
Feline felony / Lael J. Littke --
Don't I know you? / Henry Slesar --
Meet Mr. Murder / Morris Hershman --
Co-Incidence / Edward D. Hoch --
Grand exit / Leo R. Ellis --
Hunting ground / A.F. Oreshnik --
Big trip / Elsin Ann Graffam --
Dutch / William F. Nolan --
Loaded quest / Thomasina Weber --
Hand in glove / James Holding --
Slantwise scales of justice / Phyllis Ann Karr --
Child on a journey / Fred S. Tobey --
Witches in the closet / Anne Chamberlain --
Very rare disease / Henry Slesar --
Two small vials / Elsin Ann Graffam --
Sweet remembrance / Betty Ren Wright --
Dip in the poole / Bill Pronzini --
Doctor's orders / John F. Suter --
Mrs. Twiller takes a trip / Lael J. Littke --
Such a lovely day / Penelope Wallace --
Matinee / Ruth Wissmann --
Big mouth / Robert Edmond Alter --
Weathered board / Alvin S. Fick --
Lot 721/XY258 / R.L. Stevens --
Thirteen / Edward D. Hoch --
Operative 375 / Gary Brandner --
He'll kill you / Richard Deming --
Caveat Emptor / Kay Nolte Smith --
Facsimile shop / Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallman --
Corner of the cellar / Michael Gilbert --
Every fifth man / Edward D. Hoch --
Pro / Robert H. Curtis --
Nobody, that's who / William F. Nolan --
Pigeon / William F. Nolan --
Prisoner / Edward Wellen --
Sooey pill / Elaine Slater --
Backing up / Barry N. Malzberg --
