E.C.Tubb - Training aid

A hotshot space pilot in a war against an alien foe twigs why other pilots trained in his skills fail in real combat. Really weak. Everyone smokes all the time...

Robert J. Tilley - Fiends for neighours

A couple and their son living out of town get worried by two odd men who move in next door...

Philip E. High - The meek shall inherit
An over-populated Earth sends out colonists : most fail, the few that succeed get conquered. One is the exception...

Brian W. Aldiss - Ten-story jigsaw
An "official" city looter in a global war has an attack of conscience.

Eric Frank Russell - Dear devil
A songbird from the first Martian expedition to a destroyed Earth decides to stay and help the few remaining survivors, despite their shock at its appearance...cute but nuts.