Kenneth Bulmer - The ties of iron

A survey team lose a man to robots built by the descendants of a lost alien race...

E.C.Tubb - The eyes of silence

A prisoner is given another chance to man a remote outpost alone - great idea but weak resolution.

Philip E. High - Further outlook

Aliens upset human control of the weather to wreak havoc...

A.Bertram Chandler - Artefact

A mission to Mars comes across a footprint where none should be..Weak twist

Kris Neville - In the beginning

A creature in captivity escapes and takes revenge on its jailers...

Lan Wright - Proving ground

The crew of a spaceship find a human colony left from a much earlier epoch, and tensions build when another incoming ship is detected...Rather wastes an interesting scenario. ( )