Science Fiction Stories

An old woman comes to Mars because a fraudulent travel agent offers a "trip to heaven". She and other members of her traveling group find an extremely battered and derelict rocket which was supposed to be used for the last part of the trip. And it is used for that trip, in a pretty literal sense.

From some far reach of leagueless Space came a great pillar of flame to lay waste and terrorize the Earth.

Well, it seems that Ivar Jorgensen has hit on the ultimate engine of destruction: a weapon designed to exploit man's greatest weakness. The blueprint can be found in the next few pages; and as the soldier in the story says, our only hope is to keep a sense of humor!

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....

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

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

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