Literature Pick #53

The Skull
by Philip K. Dick
A time travel story from a legend of the science fiction genre, first published in the September 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo painting

Peasants at Rest
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)
from Venice
1757
Fresco

Literature Pick #52

The Death-Traps of FX-31
by Sewell Peaslee Wright
From the March 1933 issue of Astounding Stories, this is an exciting work of science fiction featuring Wright's recurring character Commander John Hanson - a character starring in ten stories from 1930 to 1933. 

Cornelis van Dalem painting

Landscape with Farm
by Cornelis van Dalem
1564
Oil on Panel
40.6" x 50.3"
16th century Flemish painter born in Antwerp

Literature Pick #51

The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
by George Henry Weiss (using his pen name Francis Flagg)
An exciting, action-packed science fiction short story from the January 1932 issue of Astounding Stories. 

Thomas Jones painting

An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae
by Thomas Jones (1742-1803)
British Landscape Artist
1773, oil on canvas (19.02" x 24.02")

Literature Pick #50

The Undersea Tube
by L. Taylor Hansen
An imaginative science fiction short story from the November 1929 issue of Amazing Stories.

Hendrik Voogd painting

Italian Landscape with Stone Pines
by Hendrik Voogd
1807
oil on canvas
40" × 54.5"
Dutch artist born in Amsterdam

Literature Pick #49

The Ultimate Experiment
by Thornton DeKy
A wondrous futuristic science fiction short story from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Literature Pick #48

The Indian On The Trail
by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902)
From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
A splendid, florid romantic short story set on Mackinac Island, Michigan. 

William Ashford painting

View of Kilarney
by William Ashford (1746-1824)
1778
oil on canvas
27.2" x 39"

Literature Pick #47

The Street That Wasn't There
by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Richard Jacobi
A brilliant work of science fiction from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Norbert Grund painting

Lady on a Swing - Gallant Scene in the Park I
by Norbert Grund (1717-1767)
1760
Prague born artist of the Rococo style

Literature Pick #46

The Copper-Clad World
by Harl Vincent
An exciting action-packed science fiction (of the planetary romance subgenre) novella from the September 1931 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #45

The Mysterious Card
by Cleveland Moffett (1863-1926)
from the 1920 short story compilation Masterpieces of Mystery: Riddle Stories
An amazing mystery tale, the first part was originally published in 1895 and the second part in 1896, both in the magazine The Black Cat.