Science Fiction Stories

Wilbur Murphy sought romance, excitement, and an impossible Horseman of Space. With polite smiles, the planet frustrated him at every turn--until he found them all the hard way!

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

It is man's most precious possession--no living thing can exist without it. But when they gave it to Orville, it killed him.

A writing prompt that I decided to build out into a story. I was thinking of the old twist at the end pulp stories in terms of the genre with a bit of a supra-normal element. A Reddit subreddit called r/red63tennis has some strange coincidences until one of its users seeks some help. It's a short piece but I had fun writing it.

"Nothing could be done. The thing was universal and beyond our human knowledge or control. It was death for young and old, for weak and strong, for rich and poor, without hope or possibility of escape." Must Professor George Challenger and friends, barricaded in a room, see Earth die? As globe passes through a belt of poisonous ether, terror sweeps mankind; cities riot; communications cease

One final lesson--a dying man's last letter to his only son that completes the young man's education.

From the depths of the Sargasso Sea of Space came the thought-warning, "Turn back!" But Carr and his Martian friend found it was too late!

The story of Tommy Reames' extraordinary rescue of Professor Denham and his daughter--marooned in the fifth dimension.

You're all alone in a deserted city. You walk down an empty street, yearning for the sight of one living face--one moving figure. Then you see a man on a corner and you know your terror has only begun.

Interstellar trouble-shooting is the easiest work there is. All you need is brains, energy--and a steno with nice legs!