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1Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940

By Ray Bradbury and Various

A collection of short science fiction stories, edited by Ray Bradbury. Authors include Lyle Monroe, J. E. Kelleam, Hank Kuttner, J. H. Haggard, Ron Reynolds, Damon Knight, and Hannes V. Bok. (Summary by Lois Hill)

2Lorelei of the Red Mist

By Leigh Douglass Brackett and Ray Bradbury

Ray Starke, a small time criminal, crashes his shuttle while trying to escape pursuit after robbing a payroll worth millions of credits. When he comes to there is an alien woman telling him he's dying but she will put his consciousness in another body and help him escape using telepathy. - Summary by kirk202

3Lorelei of the Red Mist (Version 2)

By Leigh Douglass Brackett and Ray Bradbury

Published in Planet Stories in 1946, this story is a great mix of Golden Age Sci Fi and Swords & Sorcery. The first half was written by Brackett and when she was pulled away by other commitments the publisher gave it to a new writer, Ray Bradbury, to finish. It is a sort of prequel to the Stark character developed by Brackett where a weak puny man is transferred into the body of a Conan like superman and then cruses through adventure after adventure, always rescuing damsels who are tough and feisty. The publisher blurb says "He died—and then awakened in a new body. He found himself on a world of bizarre loveliness, a powerful, rich man. He took pleasure in his turn of good luck ... until he discovered that his new body was hated by all on this strange planet, that his soul was owned by Rann, devil-goddess of Falga, who was using him for her own gain." - Summary by phil c

4Pillar of Fire

By Ray Bradbury

"We cannot tell you what kind of a story this <br> is. We simply cannot present it as we present <br> other stories. It is too tremendous for that. <br> We are very glad—and proud—to share it with you." - Summary by Planet Stories, Summer 1948

5Creatures That Time Forgot

By Ray Bradbury

Mad, impossible world! Sun-blasted by day, <br> cold-wracked by night—and life condensed by <br> radiation into eight days! Sim eyed the <br> Ship—if he only dared reach it and <br> escape! ... but it was more than half an <br> hour distant—the limit of life itself! - Summary by Planet Stories, Fall 1946