The Fredric Brown Megapack

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The Fredric Brown Megapack is copyright © 2013 by the Estate of Fredric Brown. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Wildside Press. Cover art © AlienCat / Fotolia.

Special thanks to Barry Malzberg, agent for the Fredric Brown estate, for fascilitating this edition; and to David Datta for assistance with locating and scanning some of Fredric Brown’s short stories. This volume could not exist without them.

“Arena” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944. Copyright © 1944 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

“Keep Out” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, March 1954.

“Happy Ending” originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1957.

“Hall of Mirrors” originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1953.

“Earthmen Bearing Gifts” originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1960.

“Imagine” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1955. Copyright © 1955 by Fantasy House, Inc.

“It Didn’t Happen” originally appeared in Playboy, October 1963. Copyright © 1963 by H.M.H. Publishing Company.

“Recessional” originally appeared in Dude, March 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Mystery Publishing Company, Inc.

“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (with Carl Onspaugh) originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1965. Copyright © 1965 by Mercury Press, Inc.

“Puppet Show” originally appeared in Playboy, November 1962. Copyright © 1962 by H.M.H. Publishing Company.

“Nightmare in Yellow” originally appeared in Dude, May 1961. Copyright © 1961 by Mystery Publishing Company, Inc.

“Jaycee” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Copyright © 1955 by Fantasy House, Inc.

“Pi in the Sky” originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945. Copyright © 1945 by Standard Magazine, Inc.

“Answer” originally appeared in Angels and Spaceships. Copyright © 1954 by Fredric Brown.

“The Geezenstacks” originally appeared in Weird Tales, September 1943. Copyright © 1943 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company.

“Knock” originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1948. Copyright © 1948 by Standard Magazines, Inc.

“Rebound” originally appeared in Nightmares and Geezenstacks. Copyright © 1961 by Fredric Brown.

“The Star Mouse” originally appeared in Planet Stories, February 1942. Copyright © 1942 by Love Romances Publishing Company, Inc.

“Abominable” originally appeared in Dude, March 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Mystery Publishing Company, Inc.

“Letter to a Phoenix” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1949. Copyright © 1949 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

“Not Yet the End” originally appeared in Captain Future, Winter 1941. Copyright © 1941 by Standard Publishing Company.

“Armageddon” originally appeared in Unknown, August 1941. Copyright © 1941 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

“Experiment” and “Sentry” originally appeared as “Two Timer” in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1954.

“Of Time and Eustace Weaver” originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Copyright © 1964 by Davis Publications, Inc.

“Reconciliation” originally appeared in Angels and Spaceships. Copyright © 1954 by Fredric Brown.

“Nothing Sirius” originally appeared in Captain Future, spring 1944. Copyright © 1944 by Standard Publishing Company.

“Pattern” originally appeared in originally appeared in Angels and Spaceships. Copyright © 1954 by Fredric Brown.

“The Yehudi Principle” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1944. Copyright © 1944 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

“Come and Go Mad” originally appeared in Weird Tales. Copyright © 1949 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company.

“Etaoin Shrdlu” originally appeared in Unknown Worlds, February 1942. Copyright © 1942 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

“The End” originally appeared in Nightmares and Geezenstacks. Copyright © 1961 by Fredric Brown.