I, earthling / Bruce Coville -- Brian and the aliens / Will Shetterly -- Judgment day / Jack C. Haldeman II -- The buddy system / Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- To serve man / Damon Knight -- How I maybe served the world last Tuesday before breakfast / Lawrence Watt-Evans -- Pirates / Mark A. Garland -- The secret weapon of last resort / Claudia Bishop -- Just like you / Bruce Coville -- Zero hour / Ray Bradbury -- Curing the bozos / Sherwood Smith.