Science Fiction Stories

Little did Prof. Reubens suspect what his atom-tampering would set loose upon the world.

Their chances hung literally on a prayer. which they had to answer all by themselves!

The Liverpool to New York undersea tube is basically a large pneumatic tube. Built at the end of the 20th century, it has been up and running for three years when one of the tube's engineers confides to a friend that it is not safe. The friend is leaving for Europe in the tube the next day. When disaster strikes, there is only one survivor to tell the story.

Aunt Matilda needed him desperately, but when he arrived she did not want him and neither did anyone else in his home town.

Old Thaddeus McIlvaine discovered a dark star and took it for his own. Thus he inherited a dark destiny--or did he?

Sparing people's feelings is deadly. It leads to--no feelings, no people!

Out of nowhere came these grim, cold, black-clad men, to kidnap three Earth people and carry them to a weird and terrible world where a man could be a giant at will.

Smart man, Bruckner--he knew how to handle natives. but they knew even better how to deal with smart terrestrials!

The sun has died, as have the stars. Not a solitary light shines in the heavens. The days of light are nothing by a legend -- they are a story told to soothe children. The last millions of humans still live in their Last Redoubt -- but the end of their days is at hand.

What would you do, if, like Quest, you were tricked, and your very Mind and Will stolen from your body?