Part 1: War edit

• All the King's Horses (Collier's Magazine, 10 February 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• D.P. (Ladies Home Journal, August 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Manned Missiles (Cosmopolitan, July 1958; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Thanasphere (Collier's Magazine, 2 September 1950; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Souvenir (Argosy Magazine, December 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• The Cruise of the Jolly Roger (Cape Cod Compass, April 1953; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Der Arme Dolmetscher (The Atlantic Monthly, July 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Bagombo Snuff Box (Cosmopolitan Magazine, October 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Great Day (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Guns Before Butter (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Happy Birthday 1951 (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Brighten Up (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• The Unicorn Trap (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Spoils (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Just You and Me, Sammy (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• The Commandant's Desk (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• Armageddon in Retrospect (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
• The Petrified Ants (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Atrocity Story (never-before-published)

Part 2: Women edit

• Miss Temptation (The Saturday Evening Post, 21 April 1956; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Little Drops of Water (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Jenny (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• The Epizootic (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Hundred-Dollar Kisses (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Ruth (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Out, Brief Candle (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Mr. Z (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• With His Hand on the Throttle (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Eden by the River (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
• Lovers Anonymous (Redbook Magazine, October 1963; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)

Part 3: Science edit

• Next Door (Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Report on the Barnhouse Effect (Collier's Magazine, 11 February 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Euphio Question (Collier's Magazine, 12 May 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Unready to Wear (Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, April 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• EPICAC (Collier's Magazine, 26 November 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Mnemonics (Collier's Magazine, 28 April 1951; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Confido (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Hall of Mirrors (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• The Nice Little People (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Look at the Birdie (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Between Time and Timbuktu (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)

Part 4: Romance edit

• Who Am I This Time? (The Saturday Evening Post, 16 December 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Long Walk to Forever (Ladies Home Journal, August 1960; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• A Night for Love (The Saturday Evening Post, 23 November 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Find Me a Dream (Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• FUBAR (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Girl Pool (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Rome (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
• Miss Snow, You're Fired (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
• Paris, France (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
• City (never-before-published)

Part 5: Work Ethic versus Fame and Fortune edit

• More Stately Mansions (Collier's Magazine, 22 December 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Hyannis Port Story (Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son (Ladies Home Journal, July 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Lie (The Saturday Evening Post, 24 February 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Deer in the Works (Esquire Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Any Reasonable Offer (Collier's Magazine, 19 January 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• The Package (Collier's Magazine, 26 July 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Poor Little Rich Town (Collier's Magazine, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• A Present for Big Saint Nick (Argosy Magazine, December 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• This Son of Mine (The Saturday Evening Post, 18 August 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp (Cosmopolitan Magazine, June 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Shout About It from the Housetops (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Ed Luby's Key Club (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• King and Queen of the Universe (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• $10,000 a Year, Easy (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Money Talks (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• While Mortals Sleep (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Tango (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• The Humbugs (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)

Part 6: Behavior edit

• The Foster Portfolio (Collier's Magazine, 8 September 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Custom-made Bride (The Saturday Evening Post, 27 March 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Unpaid Consultant (Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Sucker's Portfolio (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
• The Drone King (never-before-published)
• Hello, Red (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• The Honor of a Newsboy (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog (Collier's Magazine, 14 March 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Man Without No Kiddleys (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• The Powder-Blue Dragon (Cosmopolitan Magazine, November 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Runaways (The Saturday Evening Post, 15 April 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• The Good Explainer (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
• Guardian of the Person (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Bomar (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
• Requiem for Zeitgeist (never-before-published)
• And on Your Left (never-before-published)

Part 7: The Band Director edit

• The Kid Nobody Could Handle (The Saturday Evening Post, 24 September 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The No-Talent Kid (The Saturday Evening Post, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Ambitious Sophomore (The Saturday Evening Post, May 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• The Boy Who Hated Girls (The Saturday Evening Post, 31 March 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• A Song for Selma (Look at the Birdie, 2009)

Part 8: Futuristic edit

• Harrison Bergeron (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Welcome to the Monkey House (Playboy Magazine, January 1968; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Adam (Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, January 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
• The Big Space Fuck (Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972; also collected in Palm Sunday, 1981)
• 2 B R 0 2 B (Worlds of If Magazine, January 1962; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
• Unknown Soldier (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)