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By: Donald E. Westlake (1933-) | |
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They Also Serve |
By: Bryce Walton (1918-1988) | |
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Strange Alliance |
By: C. C. Beck | |
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Vanishing Point | |
By: Amy Walton (1848-1899) | |
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Kitchen Cat and Other Stories
These are three stories that will delight your heart and soul. The little girl Ruth in the first story is very privileged young lady with everything she could wish for except,of course, for companionship. Her mother has passed away and her father is a very busy lawyer who barely notices she is there. But then Ruth finds a scruffy, skinny and mostly ugly cat; the cat who lives in the kitchen and cellars,hence The Kitchen Cat. Her attempts to befriend this stray despite insurmountable obstsacles make this story a really heart warming tale... |
By: Damon Francis Knight (1922-2002) | |
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Special Delivery |
By: Roger Kuykendall | |
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We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly | |
All Day September |
By: John Strange Winter (1856-1911) | |
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Stories by English Authors: Germany |
By: Richard Sabia | |
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The Premiere |
By: Lyn Venable | |
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Homesick | |
Grove of the Unborn |
By: Lee Archer | |
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Lease to Doomsday |
By: Walter J. Sheldon (1917-) | |
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Houlihan's Equation | |
Two Plus Two Makes Crazy | |
This is Klon Calling |
By: Murray F. Yaco | |
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No Moving Parts | |
Unspecialist |
By: Demetrios Vikelas (1835-1908) | |
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Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian |
By: Kris Neville (1925-1980) | |
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General Max Shorter | |
New Apples in the Garden |
By: William F. Nolan (1928-) | |
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Of Time and Texas |
By: G. L. Vandenburg | |
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Jubilation, U.S.A. |
By: Henry Hasse (1913-1977) | |
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The Beginning |
By: William F. Nolan (1928-) | |
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Small World |
By: G. L. Vandenburg | |
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Four Science Fiction Stories by G.L.Vandenburg
G.L.Vandenburg wrote quirky and funny Science Fiction stories for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and similar magazines in the 1950's. These four are a selection that give a good taste of his offbeat approach, strange sense of humor and relaxed narrative style that brought joy and excitement to those of us who bought these magazines and saw his name on the cover. In the first, Martian V.F.W., some strange visitors join a parade; in the second, Jubilation, U.S.A, our first visitors from outer space... |
By: Henry Hasse (1913-1977) | |
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Walls of Acid |
By: G. L. Vandenburg | |
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Moon Glow |
By: Roger Phillips Graham (1909-1965) | |
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The Gallery |
By: G. L. Vandenburg | |
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The Observers |
By: Catherine L. Moore (1911-1987) | |
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Song in a Minor Key |
By: Allan Ramsay (1866-1932) | |
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Told in the Coffee House
In the course of a number of visits to Constantinople, I became much interested in the tales that are told in the coffee houses. These are usually little more than rooms, with walls made of small panes of glass. The furniture consists of a tripod with a contrivance for holding the kettle, and a fire to keep the coffee boiling. A carpeted bench traverses the entire length of the room. This is occupied by turbaned Turks, their legs folded under them, smoking nargilehs or chibooks or cigarettes, and sipping coffee... |
By: Albert Teichner | |
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Cerebrum |