Science Fiction Stories

Erd Neff wanted as little to do with his fellow men as possible. So he lived alone in his big cash-vault. Alone, except for John....

Richard Arnold, a young man in England at the beginning of the 20th century who devotes his life to creating the world's first fully functional airship. After years of effort, he finally succeeds, but at the expense of everything else in his life, to the point that he finds himself broke and about to be thrown out of his home.

Fallout is, of course, always disastrous-- one way or another

As pretty as a picture? Yes, because that was all she was. or would become some day!

Ellaby's society was a perfect democracy, where all men were equal. But some still wanted more personal attention, and they got it, like--

very planet is badly in need of family men, naturally--but the same one on all of them?

It was, Kirk thought, like standing in a gully, watching a boulder teeter precariously above you. It might fall at any minute, crushing your life out instantly beneath its weight. Your only possible defenses are your brain and voice--but how do you argue with a boulder which neither sees nor hears?

First published in "The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories published in 1963.

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
Another old one, found from the early depths of 2007. Enjoy the ride of an Imperial Guard Rhino on a combat drop.

Droozle was probably the greatest writer in the world--any world!