Notes
Includes three forewords, by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Gene Wolfe, and story notes by Paul Williams. Includes 46 short stories written between the end of 1937 and the beginning of 1940. This is volume 1 of a projected 10-volume project to print all of Sturgeon's short work, regardless of genre, and it includes previously uncollected (and even unpublished) stories. Although presented in chronological order based on date of composition, the dates given here follow the ISFDB standard of giving the date of first publication. "Strangers on a Train" was taken from an untitled and unpublished manuscript; the title was given by the collection's editor, Paul Williams.
- "Edited by Paul Williams" stated on the title page.
- No statement of edition, but the copyright page prints a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 / 98 97 96 95"
- Copyright 1994 by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust.
- No stated date of publication (other than the erroneous year stated in the CIP data). Year of publication taken from the number line. Month of publication taken from Locus1.
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1994), the ISBN (1-55643-182-1), and the LCCN (94-38047).
- "Cover art by Jacek Yerka (over) Cover and book design by Paula Morrison" stated on the copyright page.
- Table of Contents discrepancy: page 387 "Look About You" (no exclamation mark)
