Short Story Books
At the Emperor's Wish - A Tale of the New Japan
Oscar K. DavisMoney is not yet everything in Japan, however rapidly its power may be advancing. But it is something to the Commoner and it was little better than nothing to the Eta. Kutami was proud of himse..
A Soldier's Home Is Battle
Lowell StoneJerry crawled back to the protection of the bulwark. He had a hazy glimpse of movement around him, but he couldn't see well enough out of his blinded eyes to make out what the others were doing. Thing..
The Disembodied Man
Jack Owen JardineGeorge was silent, thinking now in visual images instead of words. A brain in a glass jar, surrounded by fantastic machinery to perform the functions of the human body. And a woman's voice being piped..
The Man Who Made the World
Richard MathesonDon't be absurd, Nurse Mudde. Look at me. Can you honestly say that.... (He stops talking. She cannot honestly say anything. She is not there. Doctor Janishefsky who is not really Doctor Janishefsky f..
Birthday Present
Arnold MarmorDiane got out first and made sure the way was clear. "We'll use the back stairs," she said when she got back. "We both can manage him." It was dark and it was late and we didn't see anybody. We went t..
The Battle of the Bells
Jerome BixbyThe three old men turned and saw a tall, handsome, blond young man, dressed in a neat and utterly clean white suit, standing in the center of the yard. His face wore an expression of perfect peace and..
The Dangerous Scarecrow
Stewart CulinThe boy lowered the glass, wiped the lens on his sleeve, and carefully focused again. A puzzled frown furrowed his face. Save for the flapping of his trousers in the wind, Mr. Maudsley stood motionles..
The Queen of Space
Stewart CulinShe had begun an enticing—indeed, fascinating wiggle of as excellently rounded a pair of hips as I had ever seen, and then, without warning of any sort, she had vanished. Well, you can imagine how per..