HE CLOSED the door after him, feeling fairly confident that they wouldn’t dare raise any alarm. There was the awkward problem of explaining how a patient had been able to secure a pistol, and the patient could talk. He looked around the room, saw that it was larger than the other and equally well furnished….
RANDALL awoke in bed, wondering how he had overcome Limpy’s shrewdness and knowledge of his customer’s finances. He had all the inward agonies of a hangover. Then he remembered the Air Cop and the two doctors. He sat up quickly, then held his head in his hands and regretted his hasty movement. He stared down…
RANE RANDALL slouched in one of Limpy’s chairs completely engrossed with thought. He didn’t see the Air Cop eyeing him from the doorway; nor did he see Limpy nudge the barman and say: “They’re after him again. Take him a highball and ask if he knows Moses.” The barman looked at Randall, then at the…
A quoted Bob Sanderson, as we stood LAS, poor Yorick. I knew him well,” with a group of fellow students gazing at the grinning ghastly thing of bones. It had arrived at the studio that morning and was already mounted in its corner terribly still, it stood, and with an air of serene dignity. But…
Uncanny Stories, April 1941 MAN FROM THE WRONG TIME-TRACK by Denis Plimmer Author of “Men of the Solar Legion,” etc. In midair the gigantic form seemed to stop! F OR immediate release! The statement which follows concerns the entire world, and for that reason I, Paul Dicey of Irving Place, New York City, am…
It was dark. David couldn’t read a word on the stone tablet. He fumbled through his knapsack pockets looking for a flashlight, or at least some matches. How many adventures had he and that knapsack been through, he couldn’t count that high, nor did he care. He just knew it’d always been with him, and…
The Universe Box “I think it’s done,” he said excitedly holding a box in his arms. She looked up disinterestedly from her oatmeal. “What is it this time?” “I’m not sure yet. I HAVEN’T TURNED IT ON, but I’m pretty sure it creates the universe.” “If you haven’t turned it on then how do you…
The Ring of Arimanthi7 By Brittany Marie Ellis Mina Black stood alone in the moonlight underneath the arched window, staring up at the four-story building she would be robbing that night. She had planned this event for a month and now that the moment was here she felt the familiar flutter of nervous butterflies in…
The Cable Monkey’s Nursemaid By D.S. Maiorca “Cable monkey! Get out!” He shouted across the crowded bar. Rick knew the voice all too well. It was Jude Riot, roadie extreme, and his boss. He turned and nodded faking a surprised look hoping to pretend not to hear him. After all she was hot, really hot….