At the End of the Rainbow through the woods, Matt quickly finds himself lost and soon encounters a leprechaun (Frank Delfino) whose beard is caught in a log. Matt, remembering the old Irish legends he's heard from his grandfather, agrees to help the little man on the condition that he give Matt his bag of gold, to which, according to legend, Matt knows the leprechaun cannot refuse. After freeing the little man, Matt soon learns that the seven gold coins in the bag are not ordinary coins, but magic "wishing coins", which only have power when used to do good for others. After warning Matt of
The Gold at the Starbow's End Starbow's End" became the title story of a collection of Pohl's works. It also appeared in two best-of-the-year anthologies: "Best Science Fiction of 1972" (for which Pohl was the editor) and "The 1973 Annual World's Best SF". Since then, it has been anthologized at least six times, including one in Italian translation (under the title "Alpha Aleph"). The story also appears in two collections devoted to Pohl's work: the already-mentioned "The Gold at the Starbow's End" (1972) and "Platinum Pohl" (2005). "The Gold at the Starbow's End" is a collection of Pohl's stories published in the United States and Canada