These stories were originally published as follows:
“A Mermaid Too Many,” Argosy, November 1957
“Model Wife,” Argosy, July 1956
“Girl in a Whirl” (as by Nicholas Dee), Argosy, May 1957
“Red-Hot Favourite” (as by Nicholas Dee), Argosy, March 1958
“Spur of the Moment,” Argosy, January 1959
“Octopi in the Sky,” Argosy, December 1959
“Honeymaroon,” Argosy, September 1960
“The Sale of Midsummer,” Ghostly Grim and Gruesome, Helen Hoke, ed., 1976
“The Helper,” A Touch of Chill, Gollancz, 1979
“Introduction” and “The Monkey’s Wedding,” Night Terrors, Lois Duncan, ed., 1996
“Wee Robin,” Silent Night, Holly Street, ed., 2002
“Water of Youth” (as “Come to the Fair”), Argosy, September 1961
“The Fluttering Thing” (2002), “Second Thoughts”(1955), “Hair” (ca. 1955), “Harp Music” (1960), “The Paper Queen” (1960), “Reading in Bed” (ca. 1955), and “The Magnesia Tree” (1960), appear here for the first time.