Short Stories

The Old Martians

by Rog Phillips

They opened the ruins to tourists at a dollar a head but they reckoned without The OLD MARTIANS.

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Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses

by Dwight Vreeland Swain

Henry Horn had a new invention; a pair of glasses that worked on the x-ray principle. But he didn't expect them to reveal Nazi secret agents and their works of sabotage!

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Let There Be Light

by Horace Brown Fyfe

No matter what the future, one factor must always be reckoned with—the ingenuity of the human animal.

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Accidental Flight

by Floyd L. Wallace

Outcasts of a society of physically perfect people, they couldn't stay and they couldn't go home again—yet there had to be some escape for them. Oddly enough, there was!

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The Envoy, Her

by Horace Brown Fyfe

The Emperor must be getting old, they thought, to deal so mercifully with the upstart Jursan Rebels—which was quite true. He was not too young to dream....

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Restricted Tool

by Malcom B. Morehart

Finders, keepers, is an unwritten law. But the gadget Clark accidentally found had a special set of rules governing its use by whom—and when!

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The Hell Ship

by Raymond Alfred Palmer

The passengers rocketed through space in luxury. But they never went below decks because rumor had it that Satan himself manned the controls of The Hell Ship.

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Back to Julie

by Richard Wilson

The side-shuffle is no dance step. It's the choice between making time ... and doing time!

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Earthsmith

by Stephen Marlowe

Nobody at the Interstellar Space School had ever heard of Earth so naturally they treated Smith with contempt—or was it an innate fear?...

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Adolescents Only

by Irving Cox

Elvin wasn't sure how it had started—maybe it was the Schermerhorn twins—or the mysterious "meteorite"—or else the world had gone crazy....

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The Chameleon Man

by William P. McGivern

Perfect adaptation, that's what it was. When a human being can blend with his surroundings, funny things can happen!

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The Last Gentleman

by Rory Magill

No one knew, no one cared. For a great lethargy was overcoming the people and their only salvation was—The LAST Gentleman

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Spillthrough

by Daniel F. Galouye

Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second—if the crews were to live. But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!

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The Time Mirror

by Clark South

Here was a strange mirror indeed! It reflected an image all right, but not an image from the same era in history!

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The Next Time We Die

by Robert Moore Williams

We journey to far places, driven on by ideals. We fight for lost causes, sacrificing our lives because the things we fight for seem worthwhile. But are we right? Are they worth being killed over? Perhaps. Then...

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The Ordeal of Colonel Johns

by George H. Smith

Colonel Johns, that famous Revolutionary War hero, had the unique—and painful—experience of meeting his great-great-great-great granddaughter. Now maybe you can't change history, but what's there to prevent...

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The Worlds of Joe Shannon

by Frank M. Robinson

Strumming a harp while floating on a white cloud might be Paradise for some people, but it would bore others stiff. Given an unlimited chance to choose your ideal world, what would you specify—palaces or log...

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The Colonists

by Raymond Fisher Jones

If historical precedent be wrong—what qualities, then, must man possess to successfully colonize new worlds? Doctor Ashby said: "There is no piece of data you cannot find, provided you can devise the proper...

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