This ninth volume of Favorite Science Fiction Stories is a little unusual in that it includes a few stories that are not really that short, bordering on novellas. Titles include:

• "The Concrete Mixer" by Ray Bradbury
• "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates
• "Bedside Manner" by William Morrison
• "The Inferiors" by Mari Wolf
• "The Aggravation of Elmer" by Robert Arthur
• "Conquest over Time" by Michael Shara
• "The Virgin of Valkarion" by Poul Anderson
• "No Charge for Alterations" by H. L. Gold
• "Greylorn" by Keith Laumer
• "The Other Now" by Murray Leinster
• "The Ambulance Made Two Trips" by Murray Leinster
• "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov
• "Fondly Farehheit" by Alfred Bester
• "A Matter of Importance" by Murray Leinster