Science Fiction Stories

Through generations the power has descended, now weaker, now stronger. And which way did the power run in the four-year-old in the garden, playing with a pie plate?

She was a young, enthusiastic worker for the Welfare Department. She liked helping people. only she really-but-good helped them!

Poor Henry was an unhappy husband whose wife had a habit of using bad clichès. Alféar was a genii who was, quite like most humans, a creature of habit. Their murder compact was absolutely perfect, with--

Commander John Hanson challenges an appalling denizen of the watery world Hydrot.

Into a land of shadows and lost souls goes Pete Grahame in search of his hapless friends.

The pythons had entered into Mankind. No man knew at what moment he might be Possessed!

A man traveled from the medieval past into the "here" and "now." When "here" and "now" was 1930! Amazing, the scientific breakthroughs that used to happen in those isolated laboratories....

The ceremonious protocol of the Yills was impressive, colorful--and, in the long run, deadly!

The man is rare who will give his life for what is merely the lesser of two evils. Merrick's decision was even tougher: to save human beings at the expense of humanity, or vice versa?

Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?