Science Fiction Stories

Before reading this story, prepare yourself for a jolt and a chill in capsule form. O. Henry could have been proud of it. It could well become a minor classic.

To spread Mankind to the stars carries a high cost in lives--and not all of them are human!

Many men have dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. If one man did have that power, could mankind afford to pay the price?

Women may be against progress because it means new pseudo-widowhoods. Space-widowhood, for instance....

One man's retreat is another's prison. and it takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home!

Nobody knew very much about the Sargasso area of the void; only one thing was certain: if a ship was caught there it was doomed in

When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane's adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a "manned" flight, one man's dream turns into an international space race.

He did not have the qualifications to go into space--so he had them manufactured!

Facing a six-hour deadline of death, young Larry raids a hostile world of rat-men and tinkling Devil Crystals.

Every lonely man tries to make friends. Manet just didn't know when to stop!