microcosmic god (novelette) theodore sturgeon astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941
night (short story) john w. campbell, jr., astounding vol. xvi #2, 10/1935 as by don a. stuart
adaptation (ss) john wyndham, astounding vol. xliii #5, 7/1949 as by john beynon
enchanted village (ss) a. e. van vogt, other worlds vol.2 #1, 7/1950
huddling place (ss) clifford d. simak, astounding vol. xxxiii #5, 7/1944 as by clifford simak; a ''city story
wake for the living (ss) ray bradbury, dime mystery magazine 9/1947, aka ''the coffin''
mother (novelette) philip josé farmer, thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #1, 4/1953
macfadden books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first thus:
derivative reprint anthology abridged from reprint anthology ''modern masterpieces of science fiction'' ed. sam moskowitz (world merkin h/cvr first edition, 1965), q.v.
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price 60¢
144pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state a macfadden book ... 1968