Caution! Inflammable! Book

20 short odd stories of fantasy, horror and dark speculations, shivery, and grotesque visions of the future. A towering vision of the future. Judas Fish: Is it true that "we are what we eat?" A man enjoys a rare delicacy-an unusual species of giant squid-and becomes one with their advanced communal intelligence. Woman's rib: Her was the perfect lover...after all, she planned him that way! The bomb in the bathtub: It was an obstinate nuke-with a penchant for wild gambling and singing popular songs. By the time I get to Phoenix: For the extraordinary woman he rescued from the desert, each act of love meant years off her life. Mortality: They feared him as a monster and kept him in a winding dungeon. Yet his superior intelligence gave them their power, their very existence. Contents: Introduction (Caution! Inflammable!) (1975) • essay by Theodore Sturgeon Caution! Inflammable! (1955) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Sea Change (1956) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Though a Sparrow Fall (1965) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia John Robert and the Dragon's Egg (1957) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia (variant of John Robert and the Egg) The Last War (1975) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia When You Hear the Tone (1971) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Woman's Rib (1972) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Morality (1969) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Worm in the Rose (1972) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Flowering Narcissus (1973) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Icebox Blonde (1959) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Bomb in the Bathtub (1957) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Judas Fish (1970) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Fall Out One (1972) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1972) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Gee, Wurlitzer! It's a Dad! (1971) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia Old, Old Death in New, New Venice (1975) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Premier's Lady (1975) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Goddess of the Cats (1973) / short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Weariest River (1973) / novelette by Thomas N. Scortia .