Modern short stories / edited by G.C. Thornley ; illustrated by V.J. Bertoglio. [Contents] The dream (Frank Tilsley) // Dark they were with golden eyes (Ray Bradbury) // It happened near a lake (John Collier) // The ugly American and the ugly Sarkhanese (W. J. Lederer and E. Burdick) // Hilary's aunt (Cyril Hare) // Two weeks beyond Shoreditch (Robert Rubens).|...| Can we be warned in a dream against a course of action which may be dangerous? The driver in "The Dream" seems to think so. In "Dark The Were With Golden Eyes", Ray Bradbury imagines a time in future when travel to Mars is common - but all visitors slowly and strangely change. [English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. Structural Readers].