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Rough Beast

Rough Beast

by Roger Dee

Rough Beast is a science fiction short story written by American fantasy novelist Roger D. Aycock  known by his pen name Roger Dee. He has also co-authored many science fiction works with popular science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Among his more than thirty science fiction and fantasy novels notable include Control Group, Traders Risk, The A..

Afloat

Afloat

by Guy de Maupassant

Afloat is an adventure novel by French novelist GUY DE MAUPASSANT, TRANSLATED BY LAURA ENSOR. This Diary contains no story and no very thrilling adventure. While cruising about on the coasts of the Mediterranean last Spring, I amused myself by writing down every day what I saw and what I thought.  I saw but the water, the sun, clouds..

The Gun

The Gun

by Philip K. Dick

Philip K Dick's The Gun is a science fiction short story. A group of space explorers were shot by a gun which was eructed in a remains of an ancient city.  The explorers crash-land and destroy the gun found in the ancient city. After they left, the Gun was rebuilt again by automated machines and eruct it with nuclear weapons...

Tony and the Beetles

Tony and the Beetles

by Philip K. Dick

Tony and the Beetles takes place far in the future when Earth's enormous colonial empire is well established but the question is, how long can it last? 10 year old Tony grows up fast when history catches up with the human race. A sobering look at human history .. and our probable future. Two very different stories but both entertaining. (Summary by..

The Eyes Have It

The Eyes Have It

by Philip K. Dick

Philip K Dick's space science fiction The Eyes Have It narrates what would happen when Aliens invading the earth and mimicking human beings with their one celled creatures. A fun packed whimsical story is a thrilling read for any science fiction lover...

The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall

by H. G. Wells

Though the author has achieved his fame as a science fiction novelist, The Door in the Wall   is considered by many as one of the finest short story of Wells.  The Door in the Wall  is based on the theme of conflict between the art and science. Lionel Wallace, a politician on an ill-fate day discovers a door in the wall of his home, ..

The Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind

by H. G. Wells

Wells' short story The Country of the Blind is one of the few blind literature we could find. A valley gets isolated from the rest of the world and a disease cause them to lose their vision. Generations passed all babies are born as blind. Over the years the community never knowing about what are eyes and vision. A mountaineer accidentally falls in..

Chronicles of Avonlea

Chronicles of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Chronicles of Avonlea is the compilation of Montgomery's 12 short stories set in the fictional village Avonlea, created by the author in her Anne of Green Gables series. Lucy's heroine Anne Shirley's contribution to the story is only limited to first two stories The Hurrying of Ludovic and The Courting of Prissy Strong. Rest of the stories she has ..