Dean R. Koontz started out as a Science Fiction writer, but didn't find much recognition until he worked out the kind of tale he does best - a mixture of thriller, horror, and science fiction... then he became a best-selling author, and his early stories have become collectible. Compared to his early SF novels, I think these early stories are a better indication of the kind of writer Koontz would become.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: December 1967 (Volume 33, Number 6)
Cover by Jack Gaughan (for "The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral-D.")

Novelets: "Sundown" by David Redd
"Brain Wave" by Stuart & Jennifer Palmer.

Stories: "The Saga of DMM" by Larry Eisenberg (a "Duckworth" story)
"Cerberus" by Algis Budrys
"To Behold the Sun" by Dean R. Koontz
"The Power of the Mandarin" by Gahan Wilson
"The Chelmlins" by Leonard Tushnet
"The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral-D" by J. G. Ballard (a "Vermillion Sands" story.)

Science: "The First Metal" by Isaac Asimov
"Noise" by Ted Thomas.

Joseph W. Ferman is Publisher, Edward L. Ferman is Editor. Book Reviews by Judith Merril, cartoon by Gahan Wilson.