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Stories Annual, 1955

1955

Editor Alexander Samalman
Cover art Ed Emshwiller
Publisher Standard Magazines, Inc.
Price $0.25
Pages 116

Vol. 1. No. 1. The cover is a collage and the Emshwiller credit is for the science fiction portion only. Only three of the stories are science fiction with the remaining being from the mystery, western and sports genres. Miller/Contento does not identify the genres of the stories. However, those featured on the cover for the other genres are omitted here. "Partner's Payoff" and "Vengeance Is Not Enough" are detective stories. They are included as nongenre stories because both authors have SF entries in the ISFDB. Stories not included are: The detective story "The Murder Tap" by M. E. Chaber. The westerns "Time for Violence" by Hascal Giles, "Hawk in the Sunlight" by Robert Stephens, and "Brandy on Their Minds" by Paul Randall Morrison. The sports stories "Cheese Champ" by Bill Erin, "Diamond Outcast" by T. W. Ford, and "They're Dead at Cooperstown" by Fletcher Flora. Interior art credits based upon signatures.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Short Fiction Fiction Partner's Payoff Roger Dee
43 Short Fiction Fiction Earth Person Singular Charles A. Stearns
67 Short Fiction Fiction Vengeance Is Not Enough Bruce Elliott
76 Short Fiction Fiction King Lode Revisited Herbert D. Kastle
90 Short Fiction Fiction Bannion's Cave Margaret St. Clair

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Stories Annual - 1955 Alexander Samalman
Cover Art Non Fiction Stories Annual, 1955 Ed Emshwiller
43 Interior Art Non Fiction Earth Person Singular Alex Schomburg
76 Interior Art Non Fiction King Lode Revisited uncredited
90 Interior Art Non Fiction Bannion's Cave Virgil Finlay