Science Fiction Stories

Space Platform tells of man's first step into outer space. of the difficulties and dangers of reaching for the stars. It is also an exciting adventure. When young Joe Kenmore came to Bootstrap to install pilot gyros in the Platform he hadn't bargained for sabotage or murder or love. But Joe learned that ruthless agents were determined to wreck the project.

Something of the wonder that must have come to men seeking magic in the sky in days long vanished.

What is a "phony"? Someone who believes he can do X, when he can't, however sincerely he believes it? Or someone who can do X, believes he can't, and believes he is pretending he can?

Some kids never want to grow down. That's how progress is made.

Suppose a strictly one hundred per cent American plague showed up.... One that attacked only people within the political borders of the United States!

Here's the behind-the-scenes lowdown on Luna City life and a promoter of Martian dancing girls, vaudeville, and--other things. But remember: stop us if you've heard this one!

When overwhelming danger is constantly present, of course a man is entitled to have a bodyguard. The annoyance was that he had to do it himself. and his body would not cooperate!

Old Mr. Wiley and the dog came over every night. but were they real?

Meeting someone who's been dead for twenty years is shocking enough for anyone with a belief in ghosts--worse for one with none!

Murt's Virus was catastrophically lethal, but it killed in a way no disease had ever thought of--it loved its victims to death!