Science Fiction Stories

Pioneers have always resented their wanderlust, hated their hardships. But the future brings a new grudge--when pioneers stay put and scholars do the exploring!

Who or what was the scoundrel that kept these couriers from the swift completion of their handsomely appointed rondos?

Temple faced leaving Earth--and the girl he loved--if his country drafted him. But the hard part was in knowing he'd never return!...

Heroism is merely daring and ingenuity--at the age of ten--experience can come later!

There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with. everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane; thus it isn't always so!

Childlike, the great astronomer Phobar stands before the metallic invaders of the ravished solar system.

A livid flame flares across Space--and over Manhattan hovers Teuxical, vassal of Malfero, Lord of the Universe, who comes with ten thousand warriors to ravage and subjugate one more planet for his master.

Locked in a rocket and fired into space!--such was the fate which awaited young Stoddard at the end of the diamond trail!

A brilliant scientist and his former student (and financial benefactor) build a rocket and travel to Mars, where they find a civilization identical to that of Biblical-era Egypt.

A scream of brakes, the splash into icy waters, a long descent into alkaline depths. it was death. But Ned Vince lived again--a million years later!