The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: December 1965 (Volume 29, Number 6)
Wraparound cover by Bert Tanner (for "The Overworld)

Stories: "Breakthrough Gang" by Gordon R. Dickson
"O'Grady's Girl" by Leo P. Kelley
"The Convenient Monster" by Leslie Charteris (novelet; reprint from 1959)
"The Firmin Child" by Richard H. Blum
"Minor Alteration" by John Thomas Richards
"The Overworld" by Jack Vance (novelet; a "Cugel" story - formed beginning of Eyes of the Overworld.)

Science: "Water, Water, Everywhere-" by Isaac Asimov.

Joseph W. Ferman is Editor and Publisher, Ted White is assistant Editor, Edward L. Ferman is Managing Editor, and Robert P. Mills is Consulting Editor. Book Reviews by Judith Merril; cartoon by Gahan Wilson.