Punishment Without Crime by Ray Bradbury

Sometimes it’s difficult to appreciate old classics. For example, I have trouble with Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘Orphans of the Sky.’ Continue reading →

Separations by Jean-Claude Dunyach

“They’re all love stories, you know,” the young man said. “They’re all dead.” His hand plays with a necklace circling Continue reading →

The Keys to December by Roger Zelazny

Jarry lives at -50C in an atmosphere of exotic gases, with a body shape responsible for the nickname ‘Coldworld Catform.’ Continue reading →

The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison

Fan fiction. It’s usually considered to be stories written by amateurs about licensed characters (usually from film or TV) without Continue reading →

A Toy for Juliette by Robert Bloch

Juliette is a seventeen year old girl in the far future. Her bedroom walls are covered with many panes of Continue reading →

The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim

It would have been all right if spring had never come. During the winter nothing had happened and nothing was Continue reading →

A Birch Tree, A White Fox by Elena Arsenieva

There is a planet on which you cannot speak. It is a desert with a breathable atmosphere, speckled with oases. Continue reading →

The Cambist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham

The two couldn’t be more different. Olaf, the cambist, is a humble exchanger of foreign currencies with a good reputation. Continue reading →