Literature Pick #79

The Space Rover
by Edwin K. Sloat (1895-1986)
From the February 1932 issue of the pulp fiction magazine Astounding Stories comes this riveting action-packed science fiction short story.

Literature Pick #78

The Caliph Stork
by Wilhelm Hauff
A marvelous short story, originally published in Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826 (translation: Fairy tale almanac for the year 1826), here it's translated by Edward L. Stowell and included in the compilation book Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace.

Literature Pick #77

The Light-house Keeper of Aspinwall
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
A masterful short story from the famed Polish author, here translated by Jeremiah
Curtin and included in the compilation book Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian.

Literature Pick #76

The Floating Island of Madness
by Jason Kirby
A classic and exciting work of pulp science fiction from the January 1933 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #75

The Man from Time
by Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994)
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Literature Pick #74

The Cavern of the Shining Ones
by Hal K. Wells
A masterful science fiction short story from the November 1932 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #73

Solomon's Orbit
by William Carroll
A lighthearted science fiction short story from the November 1962 issue of Analog.

Literature Pick #72

Advanced Chemistry
by Jack G. Huekels
A science fiction short story from the August 1923 issue of the Hugo Gernsback edited magazine Science and Invention, it was republished in Amazing Stories in 1927 and 1956.

 

Literature Pick #71

Beyond the Door 
by Philip K. Dick
A short fantasy story from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe by the legendary author of many famous science fiction works.

Literature Pick #70

A Christmas Mystery – The Story of Three Wise Men
by William John Locke (1863-1930)
A 1910 short story, wonderfully written and illustrated.

Literature Pick #69

The Doors of Death
by Arthur B. Waltermire (1888-1938)
A macabre horror tale from the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Literature Pick #68

The Salesman
by Waldo T. Boyd
A short science fiction tale from the March 1953 issue of IF: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #67

Zehru of Xollar
by Hal K. Wells (1899-1979; birthplace: Little Hocking, Ohio)
An exciting action-packed science fiction short story from the February 1932 issue of Astounding Stories.

 

Literature Pick #66

Cold Ghost
by Chester S. Geier
From the November 1948 issue of Amazing Stories comes this excellent ghost story.

Literature Pick #65

The Mummy's Foot
by Théophile Gautier
A fantastical horror short story from 1840 and translated by Lafcadio Hearn in 1908.

Literature Pick #64

Doom of the House of Duryea
by Earl Peirce, Jr.
A macabre horror short story from the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Literature Pick #63

A Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne (1828-1905)
A science fiction classic from a legendary author, first published in 1864 with the first English translation coming in 1871.

Literature Pick #62

The Black Tide
by Arthur G. Stangland
A marvelous science fiction short story from the March 1953 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #61

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
by Edgar Allan Poe
A masterful apocalyptic tale first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.

Literature Pick #60

The Fairy of the Lake
by M. Sadoveanu

This is a beautiful, haunting tale from the short story collection Roumanian Stories translated by Lucy Byng.