Science Fiction Stories

He was the most powerful man in the world. He could make anybody do anything--and yet he was the slave of a mad criminal's mind!

On the orders of Argo, the White Goddess, an itinerant poet and his three companions journey to the island of Aptor. Their mission: to seize a jewel from the dark god Hama and bring it back home. With this precious stone Argo may defeat the malign forces gathered against her and the land of Leptor. But, as the group presses deep into the enigmatic heart of Aptor, easy distinctions between good and evil blur, and somehow the task seems less straightforward.

After rescue, revenge was uppermost in Chet Barfield's mind; the hideous, bestial Agvars had to be taught a lesson they'd never forget. His rescuers seemed to disagree, however--until Chet learned his lesson too!

It was a joyous journey Anders set out on. to reach his goal . but look where he wound up!

Women will always go on trying to attract men. even when the future seems to have no future!

The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town--and that was even worse!

Have you found out about the Big Engine? It's all around us, you know--can't you hear it even now?

I hear a step outside. It is our Targa guide, the man who in three days is to lead us across the unknown plateaus of the mysterious Imoschaoch. The lamp casts a yellow light on the paper. Strange fate, which, I never knew exactly why, decided one day when I was a lad of sixteen that I should prepare myself for Saint Cyr, and gave me there André de Saint-Avit as classmate. A great insect has flown in through the window. It is an African May bug, big, black, with spots of livid grey...

Sound the fanfare! Beat the drums! Shout hosannas! Here he comes....

Shadows haunted the dying alleys. Madness stalked the wide streets. And what lay at the city's heart?