much empty space this leaves at the end of the line above. You may, however, break up a hyphenated phrase such as "jack-in-the- box" when it falls at the end of a line. This guideline is directed mainly toward typewriter users, but you computer users should pay attention, too. Never include a hyphen that you don't want to have show up in the final printed version of your manuscript. As a corollary to this, never use a word that you cannot fit completely on one manuscript line. You should always place two spaces after any punctuation used to end a sentence. "Always?" you may ask. Always! Some people will tell you that two spaces aren't required these days, especially if you submit a manuscript to be typeset directly from a computer disk, because the extra spaces are going to be deleted anyway. Don't listen to these people. Unless you are Harlan Ellison, your editor is always going to actually read your manuscript before sending it on to the typesetter, and he or she is used to seeing two spaces after every sentence and will be annoyed to see anything else. Remember, above all else, do not annoy the editor. (If you are Harlan Ellison, you may ignore all these guidelines. You could submit your stories in crayon on a roll of toilet paper and they would still get published.) Also, you should always put two spaces after a colon. This helps the typesetter to distinguish between colons and semicolons. If you intend a word or phrase in your manuscript to appear