With David's help, the editor chose some of the best of David Gerrold's short works from across his entire career, including the Hugo-winning, "The Martian Child"n.

Table of Contents
The Truth About David Gerrold by Spider Robinson
Author's Rebuttal by David Gerrold
Interlude #1: Solomon Short
The Martian Child
Pickled Mongoose
Interlude #2: Solomon Short
Blood and Fire
A Shaggy Dog Story
The Strange Death of Orson Welles
Interlude #3: Solomon Short
It Needs Salt
The Satanic Limericks #1
And Eight Rabid Pigs
The Satanic Limericks #2
The Baby Cooper Dollar Bill
Interlude #4: Solomon Short
Digging in Gehenna
King Kong: Behind the Scenes
King Kong: The Unanswered Questions
The Kennedy Enterprise
Chester
Interlude #5: Solomon Short
Chess With a Dragon
The Green Man
The Diamond Sky
Interlude #6: Solomon Short
Riding Janis
Dancer in the Dark
thirteen o'clock