Excellent art by Robert Andre. Space exploration, exoarcheology, extraterrestrial intelligence, immensity, and mystery.
Don’t Look Now, by Henry Kuttner, from Startling Stories
He Walked Around the Horses, by H. Beam Piper, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Strange Case of John Kingman, by Murray Leinster (William Fitzgerald Jenkins), from Astounding Science Fiction
That Only A Mother, by Judith Merril, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Monster, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction
Dreams Are Sacred, by Peter Phillips, from Astounding Science Fiction
Mars Is Heaven!, by Ray Bradbury, from Planet Stories
Thang, by Martin Gardner, from Comment
Brooklyn Project, by William Tenn, from Planet Stories
Ring Around the Redhead, by John D. MacDonald, from Startling Stories
Period Piece, by A.J. Coupling, from Astounding Science Fiction
Dormant, by A.E. van Vogt, from Startling Stories
In Hiding, by Wilmar H. Shiras, from Astounding Science Fiction
Knock, by Fredric Brown, from Thrilling Wonder Stories
A Child Is Crying, by John D. MacDonald, from Thrilling Wonder Stories
Late Night Final, by Eric Frank Russell, from Astounding Science Fiction