by Terry Carr
The bent old woman said, “Not forever, dearest. Only until tomorrow night.”
THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT by Gordon R. Dickson: Copyright © 1957 by Fantasy House, Inc. From Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1958, by permission of the author.
CHRISTMAS TREASON by James White: Copyright © 1961 by Mercury Press, Inc. From Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1962, by permission of the author.
THE NEW FATHER CHRISTMAS by Brian W. Aldiss: Copyright © 1957 by Fantasy House, Inc. From Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1958, by permission of the author.
LA BEFANA by Gene Wolfe: Copyright © 1973 by UPD Publishing Corp. From Galaxy, January 1973, by permission of the author and his agent, Virginia Kidd.
Terry Carr, anthologist of TO FOLLOW A STAR, is one of the major editors of science fiction today.
He has compiled over twenty anthologies of fantasy and science fiction, including Nelson’s CREATURES FROM BEYOND, PLANETS OF WONDER, WORLDS NEAR AND FAR, INTO THE UNKNOWN, and THE INFINITE ARENA. As an author in his own right, he has been awarded seven Nebula citations by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In addition to his writing, Mr. Carr is well known as a historian and lecturer. He and his wife Carol, also a science-fiction writer, live in Oakland, California.