Synopsis
In a small American town, a child with paranormal powers is born.
Notes
In some publications the Good in the title is italicised.
External Links
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Retro Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Runner-up |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Short Story | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (91)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1953 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 66 |
| December 1953 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 66 |
| November 1955 | Science Fantasy, November 1955 | Nova Publications Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 111 |
| October 1960 | Star of Stars | Doubleday | Anthology | 219 |
| January 1961 | Star of Stars | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 219 |
| March 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 79 |
| August 1961 | Stories for Late at Night | Random House | Anthology | 13 |
| 1962 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 66 |
| 1962 | Stories for Late at Night | Max Reinhardt | Anthology | 13 |
| 1962 | Stories for Late at Night | Max Reinhardt | Anthology | 13 |
| July 1962 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Anthology | 79 |
| December 1962 | More Stories for Late at Night | Dell | Anthology | 7 |
| 1963 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 79 |
| 1964 | Stories for Late at Night: Part One | Pan Books | Anthology | 21 |
| 1964 | Introducing SF: A Science Fiction Anthology | Faber and Faber | Anthology | |
| 1964 | Star of Stars | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 205 |
| 1964 | Star of Stars | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 205 |
| 1965 | Best SF Four | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 79 |
| 1965 | Stories for Late at Night: Part One | Pan Books | Anthology | 21 |
| October 1965 | Horror Anthology | Mayflower-Dell | Anthology | 90 |
| 1966 | Masters' Choice | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 34 |
| 1966 | Star Fourteen | Whiting & Wheaton | Anthology | 219 |
| 1966 | Tomorrow's Children | Doubleday | Anthology | 355 |
| October 1966 | Tomorrow's Children | Doubleday | Anthology | 355 |
| 1967 | Introducing SF: A Science Fiction Anthology | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 190 |
| February 1967 | Wake Up Screaming | Bantam Books | Anthology | 1 |
| 1968 | Star Fourteen | Pan Books | Anthology | 216 |
| 1968 | Masters' Choice | Herbert Jenkins | Anthology | |
| 1969 | Masters' Choice 1 | Tandem | Anthology | 34 |
| 1970 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 79 |
| April 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One | Doubleday | Anthology | 431 |
| May 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 431 |
| January 1971 | 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap | Anthology | 19 |
| July 1971 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| July 1971 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| 1972 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two | Sphere | Anthology | |10 |
| 1972 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two | Sphere | Anthology | |10 |
| November 1972 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 66 |
| November 1972 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| November 1972 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 66 |
| 1973 | Speculations | Glencoe Press | Anthology | |
| 1973 | The Supernatural in Fiction | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 195 |
| April 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| 1974 | Tomorrow's Children | Orbit | Anthology | 355 |
| December 1974 | Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Thomas Nelson | Anthology | 45 |
| 1975 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| January 1975 | Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | Anthology | 29 |
| July 1975 | In Dreams Awake | Dell Laurel | Anthology | 159 |
| 1976 | Tomorrow's Children | Compton Russell | Anthology | 355 |
| 1976 | Tomorrow's Children | Orbit | Anthology | 355 |
| March 1976 | Some Things Weird and Wicked | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 196 |
| May 1976 | Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Abelard-Schuman | Anthology | 45 |
| February 1977 | Mutants | Corgi | Anthology | 39 |
| August 1977 | Some Things Weird and Wicked | Bantam Books | Anthology | 167 |
| August 1977 | Tomorrow's Children | Orbit | Anthology | 355 |
| June 1979 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 44 |
| June 1979 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 44 |
| 1980 | Constellations: Stories of the Future | Gollancz | Anthology | 107 |
| 1981 | Weekend Book of Science Fiction | Harmsworth Publications Ltd. for Assoc. Newspapers Group Ltd. | Anthology | 111 |
| 1981 | Tomorrow's Children | Orbit | Anthology | 355 |
| October 1981 | The Golden Age of Science Fiction | Hutchinson | Anthology | 308 |
| 1983 | The Golden Age of Science Fiction | Penguin Books | Anthology | 306 |
| 1983 | Constellations: Stories of the Future | Puffin | Anthology | |
| March 1983 | Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fiction | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 9 |
| July 1983 | Constellations: Stories of the Future | Penguin Books | Anthology | 97 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories | MJF Books | Anthology | 125 |
| July 1985 | The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories | Avon Books | Anthology | 125 |
| July 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Avon | Anthology | 523 |
| December 1986 | The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) | DAW Books | Anthology | 331 |
| December 1986 | The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) | DAW Books | Anthology | 331 |
| 1990 | Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic | Lester & Orpen Dennys | Anthology | 17 |
| January 1991 | Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 17 |
| April 1991 | White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature | Picador | Anthology | 17 |
| April 1992 | Reel Terror | Xanadu | Anthology | 232 |
| June 1992 | Reel Terror | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 232 |
| June 1992 | Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic | Vintage Canada | Anthology | 17 |
| November 1994 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Newmarket Press | Anthology | 39 |
| August 1998 | Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | Souvenir Press | Anthology | 36 |
| August 1998 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 431 |
| 1999 | Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 36 |
| 2001 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One | The Easton Press | Anthology | 431 |
| February 2003 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 | Tor | Anthology | 433 |
| February 2005 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 | Orb | Anthology | 433 |
| March 2009 | Mutants | Wildside Press | Anthology | 45 |
| February 2010 | Time Enough at Last & Other SF Stories that Inspired Classic Episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Tales of Tomorrow, and Other Classic SF Television Series | Pageturner | Anthology | |
| November 2014 | Mirror, Mirror | Strange Particle Press | Collection | 50 |
| November 2014 | Mirror, Mirror | Strange Particle Press | Collection | |6 |
| June 2015 | The 18th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| December 2017 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 | Blackstone Audio | Anthology | |431 |
| February 2018 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 | Tor | Anthology | |
| July 2020 | Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters: The Original Short Stories That Became 8 Classic Horror Films | Strange Particle Press / Digital Parchment Press | Anthology | |8 |