Contents

Introduction by LISA YASZEK

CLARE WINGER HARRIS

The Miracle of the Lily (1928)

LESLIE F. STONE

The Conquest of Gola (1931)

C. L. MOORE

The Black God’s Kiss (1934)

LESLIE PERRI

Space Episode (1941)

JUDITH MERRIL

That Only a Mother (1948)

WILMAR H. SHIRAS

In Hiding (1948)

KATHERINE MACLEAN

Contagion (1950)

MARGARET ST. CLAIR

The Inhabited Men (1951)

ZENNA HENDERSON

Ararat (1952)

ANDREW NORTH

All Cats Are Gray (1953)

ALICE ELEANOR JONES

Created He Them (1955)

MILDRED CLINGERMAN

Mr. Sakrison’s Halt (1956)

LEIGH BRACKETT

All the Colors of the Rainbow (1957)

CAROL EMSHWILLER

Pelt (1958)

ROSEL GEORGE BROWN

Car Pool (1959)

ELIZABETH MANN BORGESE

For Sale, Reasonable (1959)

DORIS PITKIN BUCK

Birth of a Gardener (1961)

ALICE GLASER

The Tunnel Ahead (1961)

KIT REED

The New You (1962)

JOHN JAY WELLS & MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY

Another Rib (1963)

SONYA DORMAN

When I Was Miss Dow (1966)

KATE WILHELM

Baby, You Were Great (1967)

JOANNA RUSS

The Barbarian (1968)

JAMES TIPTREE, JR.

The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (1969)

URSULA K. LE GUIN

Nine Lives (1969)

Biographical Notes

Notes

Sources & Acknowledgments