This issue, we have four original tales to entertain you-mysteries by Eve Fisher (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Joseph S. Walker (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman)-and science fiction by Janice Law and Alan J. Wahnefried. Three stories are Christmas-themed, and the holiday comes up in passing in a few other stories as well. Plus we have classics by Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, Evelyn E. Smith, ,and Sir Anthony Quiller-Couch, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. Great fun!

Here's the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

'The Four Directions,' by Eve Fisher [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
'A Christmas Surprise,' by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
'A Right Jolly Old Elf,' by Joseph S. Walker [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
'My Christmas Burglary,' by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch [novelet]

Science Fiction& Fantasy:

'The Argo,' by Janice Law [short story]
'Garrison Is Dead,' by Alan J. Wahnefried [short story]
'The Yes Men of Venus,' by Ron Goulart [short story]
'Mr. Replogle's Dream,' by Evelyn E. Smith [short story]
'There Was an Old Woman-,' by Robert Silverberg [short story]