Golden Age Fiction
Episodes
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, by Agatha Christie
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It was entirely unlike Poirot to be taken in by superstition and tales of the supernatural. Perhaps it was the heat of the Egyptian desert or the ince...
Death Sentence, by Isaac Asimov
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our psychologists of today have set up colonies of monkeys and other animals as experiments. On a larger scale, with larger means, a greater experimen...
Memorium, by Basil Wells
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did you ever wonder what would happen if the thoughts of every man, woman and child on Earth were set down in black and white for future historians to...
The Dancers, by Margaret St Clair
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There was time now—plenty of time on this strange, dark planet—for those erudite exiles from frozen Earth to ponder the value of man's accumul...
The Laugh, by Robert Abernathy
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To Dicky, grownups were absurdly like ants. They worked hard for no good purpose. But some day a big, big change would be coming!The Laugh, by Robert ...
Strange Playfellow, by Isaac Asimov
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robbie was only a machine, but he was Gloria’s best friend, and she wanted him back. "Strange Playfellow" appeared in the September 1940 is...
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, by Agatha Christie
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hercule Poirot's little grey cells penetrate straight to the heart of the solution when a million dollars worth of bonds are at stake."The Mil...
Homo Sol, by Isaac Asimov
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Galaxy had a nice, stable civilization — Till Earth-men, the prize gadget maniacs of space, came along!Homo Sol appeared in the September 1940 i...
The Forerunners, by Norman Arkawy and Stanley Henig
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The telepaths were a danger and a threat—to a world grown monstrous. But the human mind can unlock a multitude of doors."The Forerunners" ap...
Shambleau, by C L Moore
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shambleau. A name out of myth and legend. The Greeks on Earth had a name for it, as did the civilizations on countless other planets. Northwest Smith,...
The Artificial Man, by Clare Winger Harris
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How much is the health of the mind tied to the health of the body. George Gregory is about to find out..."The Artificial Man" appeared in the ...
Biddy and the Silver Man, by Harlan Ellison
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A man came out of the sky and they took him and hanged him from the nearest tree thinking that they lynched a devil. But perhaps they crucified a sain...
The Man from the Atom, by G Peyton Wertenbaker
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kirby was always up for adventure, for trying out one of Professor Martyn's new inventions. His latest invention, however, which could grow or shr...
Keepers of the House, by Lester del Rey
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
King could remember how golden and glorious the house had seemed to men-and what the science he hated had done to his friends."Keepers of the Hous...
Einstein's Planetoid, by C M Kornbluth, Robert A W Lowndes, and Frederick Pohl
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They were the heirs of space-flight: They planned to be the first humans to land on Alpha Centauri, but the original Hartnett expedition had been lost...
The Velvet Glove, by Harry Harrison
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
True, the Robot Equality Act had been passed—but so what?_ New York was a bad town for robots this year. In fact, all over the country it was bad fo...
Lobo's Return, by Forrestine C Hooker
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo was thirsty, so thirsty that he must venture close to where he knew his old enemy—man—was, but where he knew he would find water..."Lobo&...
Duar the Accursed, by Clifford Ball
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A surprizing tale about the Black Tower and the intrusion therein of a barbarian adventurer—a strange weird tale of the love of a queen for her enem...
Native Son, The Last Supper, & Floor of Heaven, by T D Hamm
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy hated Earth, knowing his mother might go home to Mars without him. Worse, would his dad buy an android to secretly take her place?"Native So...
The Genius of Lancelot Biggs
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lancelot Biggs was an unpredictable quantity, but nobody aboard the Saturn thought he'd ever turn traitor!"The Genius of Lancelot Biggs" a...
The Vertigo Hook, by Richard Ashby
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Irritant was hungry, but with no intellects nearby, it had to bait a hook and wait. Something would come along. That something was John Singleton ...
Microcosmic God, by Theodore Sturgeon
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kidder had a system for inventing things in a hurry—and he thought he had a system for handling the results. His method was inhuman—but his agent ...
My Past is Mine, by Gerda Rhoads
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Take one tiny memory out of a man's life—and the entire universe may turn topsy turvy."My Past is Mine" appeared in "Fantastic Unive...
The Lady on the Stairs, by Agatha Christie
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hercule Poirot, the famous detective, pits his 'little gray cells' against a powerful crime syndicate. Today's story is "The Lady on ...
Rhythm Rides the Rocket, by Bob Olsen
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
LeDoux, the Interplanetary Company pilot, had flown too close to Callisto in an attempt to get a gravity assist from Jupiter to make up for lost time....
The Man who Saved New York, by Ray Cummings
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Porky's ego wouldn't stay in his own body, and that, believe it or not, was what saved the city! Today's story is "The Man who Saved New York" by Ray ...
The Vanguard of Venus, by Landell Bartlett
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Venusians had kidnapped Stanley Murdock, shown him around their underground base in the desert of New Mexico and told him of their plans to conque...
Office Call, by Charles E Fritch
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All Dr. Rawlings could think about was having a chicken farm. And Miss Austin. But he had these pesky patients to deal with. Patients who thought they...
Redemption, by Robert F Young
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To love a saint is hard. To be one, that is harder. Today's story is "Redemption" by Robert F Young. It appeared in the July 1963 issue of "Amazing St...
Strangers to Straba, by Carl Jacobi
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All Cap Barlow cared about was his golf course on the lonely planet of Straba. But when Clarence Raine landed to conduct a survey, and the ship of leg...
Descending, by Thomas M Disch
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Next time you're on an escalator someplace, keep your wits about you. Today's story is "Descending," by Thomas M Disch. It appeared in the July 1964...
The Great Illusion, by Manly Bannister
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There was something not quite right about the planet Hume, something counterfeit about the natives' culture. The higher-ups were satisfied with the cu...
"Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall," by August Derleth
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cornillo Martens wanted a quiet life, to enjoy his garden. But old man Garner, with his experiments, and Garner's grandchildren, with their unpleasant...
Once a First Wife, by Norman Arkawy
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She writhed under the judges' merciless scrutiny. The charge against her was surely a most grievous one—marital fidelity—and sexual incompetence! ...
Asleep in Armageddon, by Ray Bradbury
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to land and stay the night for some welcome fresh air and ...
Equals Four, by Piers Anthony
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dillingham's assistant had to be land-going, esthetic, competent, free and female—more than less! Today's story is "Equals Four" by Piers Anthony. I...
The Happiness Rock, by Albert Teichner
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They had found the perfect narcotic quite by accident on an asteroid. A silicon-based germ that induced euphoria and a sense of well-being with no sid...
Half-Breed, by Isaac Asimov
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Half of Earth, Half of Mars—the half-breed, the Tweenie—is reviled on Earth. But, as scientist and inventor Jefferson Scanlon discovers, there is ...
Too Close to the Forest, by Bryce Walton & Al Reynolds
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marsten thought he'd failed completely to prove mental telepathy, but he'd forgotten one peculiar, but very important, facet of those extraordinar...
The Stellar Legion, by Leigh Brackett
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No one had ever escaped from Venus' dread Stellar Legion. And, as Thekla the low-Martian learned, no one had ever betrayed it and—lived. Today's sto...
When the Sun went out, by Leslie F Stone
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sun was finally dying, the astronomers having predicted its demise within a few days. Unable to leave Earth, humanity had excavated accommodation ...
The Face of Helen, by Agatha Christie
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Satterthwaite witnesses a brutal fight outside an opera house. What could have caused such behaviour? Today's story is The Face of Helen, by Agath...
The Gifts of Asti, by Andre Norton
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She was the last priestess of Asti, and the barbarians were approching. She had no choice but to escape to the surface world, taking with her the gift...
The Shrine, by Walt Sheldon
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All Ed Blair wanted was a fluff piece, a brightener for page two of the Tokyo Tribune, for which he was a reporter. His Editor, Murdock, had heard sto...
The Autumn After Next, by Margaret St Clair
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being a wizard missionary to the Free'l needed more than magic—it called for a miracle! Today's story is The Autumn After Next, by Margaret St Clair...
The Maugham Obsession, By August Derleth
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All inventors seek success. Some few achieve it. And now and then a Quintus Maugham is a bit too successful for his own health. "The Maugham Obsession...
First Contact, by Murray Leinster
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An expedition from Earth had gone to investigate the Crab Nebula. And—an expedition from Somewhere was already there! Now what is a spaceship skippe...
If The Sun Died, by R F Starzl
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The human race has deteriorated, and will die when the machines that have kept them alive in Subterannea for tens of millennia after the supposed deat...
Deadly Decoy, by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agent Cameron had the unenviable task of protecting the Galactic Capitol building from the Damakoi, fanatical beings 70 percent of whom hated the Gala...
An Eye for the Ladies, by Stephen Marlowe
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You're a detective and you have an assignment to find a client's wife. This good-time gal has found herself a nicer body and is masquerading as some o...
Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Rocket was ready to take the first intrepid pioneers to the Moon. But the world's excitement turned to hate when William Stanley, president of the...
The Man who Knew Everything, by Randall Garrett
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pst! This is top secret. Don't let it get around, but we've got the Russians right where we want them. They haven't got a secret left to their name. W...
Blow the Man Down, by Charles L Fontenay
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Albrekt Verbrug was confident in his ability to hijack the Mars-Titan freighter 'By Jove,' and deliver its cargo of lithium and other materials to his...
Clicking Red Heels, by Paul Ernst
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody knew that Gruin had killed his sweetheart, but her little red heels tapped a march of death wherever he went, driving him to a desperate resolv...
Go to Sleep, My Darling, by Winston K Marks
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bertrand Baxter was a man's man living in a household of women, most of whom baffled him. But, when he discovered a unique connection to his youngest ...
The Survivors, by T D Hamm
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Step by grueling step the four of them slogged their way toward a tenuous safety. It was a magnificent display of their will for survival. The only qu...
Vallisneria Madness, by Ralph Milne Farley
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A strange and curious little story, about the moonlight mating of flowers. Today's story is "Vallisneria Madness", by Ralph Milne Farley. It appeared ...
Out of the Sub-Universe, By R F Starzl
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Halley had perfected his machine for shrinking objects to sub-atomic size, and his trusty assistant, Hale McLaren was ready to make the jour...
Down to Earth, by Harry Harrison
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whatever goes up must come down. Including moon rockets. But there's no law saying what they must come down to. Today's story is "Down to Earth" by Ha...
The Planet of Dread, by R F Starzl
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A blunder by a stock clerk meant that Mark Forepaugh and his servant, Gunga, were stranded on Inra without power until the relief ship arrived. But th...
The Marsdon Manor Tragedy, by Agatha Christie
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When is a suicide not a suicide? When there is an aging husband concerned about his health, a beautiful young wife, and a large life insurance policy....
Outside Saturn, By Robert E Gilbert
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vincenzo and Aziz had a plan to steal one of the ice-sweepers orbiting Saturn and use it as their pirate base. Henry, for whom this was his first job,...
Fire of Retribution, by Laurence Donovan
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For a man who never flew before to step from an airplane into space thousands of feet above the earth--that takes nerve! Yet old Beth knew that was th...
The Machine Stops, by E M Forster
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The Machine," they exclaimed, "feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we hav...
All You Zombies, by Robert A Heinlein
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was there to recruit the Unmarried Mother. But first I had to gain his confidence by allowing him to 'settle' with the one who'd gotten him pregnant...
The Black Kiss, by Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They rise in green robes roaring from the green hells of the sea, Where fallen skies and evil hues and eyeless creatures be. — Chesterton: Lepan...
The Men Return, by Jack Vance
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Relict, Finn, retained a few tattered recollections of Old Earth, ruled by the laws of cause and effect, which enabled the environment to be subje...
The Star-stealers, by Edmond Hamilton
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ran Rarak, captain of a cruiser belonging to the Federation of Stars, has been called back from duty to confront an extraordinary threat. The Dark Sta...
One Touch of Terra, by Hannes Bok
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trixie O'Neill had had enough of the miners in Finchburg not treating her like a lady. So, she was going to go to Saturday Wells with Goreck, the Mart...
Answer, Please Answer, by Ben Bova
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets by trying to detect radio signals was a waste of time; it would take too much power to broadcas...
Henry Goes Prehistoric, by W C Tuttle
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sheriff of Tonto City could expect anything to come out of the night in Wild Horse Valley—even an idea... Today's story is "Henry Goes Prehistor...
Die, Shadow! by Algis Budrys
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Greaves began as a hero with his ship, Defiance, crash landing on Venus, but surviving unconscious in his Crash Capsule by using an experimental...
The Little Black Bag, by C M Kornbluth
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The normal progress of a technology produces simpler and simpler gadgets involving more and more complex fundamental laws. And, of course, requiring l...
The Mystery of Deneb IV, by Robert Silverberg
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When is an SOS not an SOS? When it's a trap. Lieutenant Dave Carter is lured to Deneb IV while on his way to recuperate on the vacation planet of Ophi...
Reason, by Isaac Asimov
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The robot was strictly logical, reasoning, as only its perfect machine mind could, from observed facts to inevitable—if wacky—conclusion. Today'...
Jonah of the Jove Run, by Ray Bradbury
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The old man could feel orbits, sense trajectories, and calculate faster than the best computators. But he couldn't be trusted when he got a drink insi...
The Towers of Titan, by Ben Bova
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Across the frozen cliffs they loomed—the unbelievably ancient towers with the unimaginable engines deep inside them still pouring out their endless ...
The Adventure Of the Cheap Flat, by Agatha Christie
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No crime had been committed; no untoward event had occurred. But the astute Poirot saw, in the mere advertisement of a flat at too low a price, the ma...
No Star's Land, by Joseph Samachson
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A year in total isolation exploring distant galaxies is too long to spend with just one other person, even for newlyweds on their honeymoon. Wanting t...
Second-hand Stonehenge, by Ernest Taves
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this century, as before, women and Stonehenge share one trait; they serve both men! Today's story is "Second-hand Stonehenge" by Ernest Taves. It a...
The Deadly Ones, by F L Wallace
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life for their kind was becoming more difficult. So, Rathsden conceived a plan to stow away on a flying saucer and travel in secret to another planet....
Anton's Last Dream, by Edwin Baird
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A brief tale of the dismal success of a scientist's experiment. Today's story is "Anton's Last Dream" by Edwin Baird. It appeared in the May 1937 issu...
Little Men of Space, by Frank Belknap Long
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The children were told not to mess with the rocket while their father slept. And they didn't. They really didn't. It was the little men. The little me...
The Lost Race, by Robert E Howard
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Returning home to his native land from a secret mission to the tribes of Cornwall, Cororuc is captured by a strange people, a people out of myth and l...
Boots, by Murray Leinster
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In San Teodoro De Los Angeles, a gentleman was a man who wears shoes. One of the madmen who stumbled into Juan's camp had on a pair of boots... Today'...
Battleground, by Lester del Rey
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The crew of the Clarion had found the remains of civilizations in decreasing states of advancement the farther they got from Earth. Had they all destr...
An Enemy of Peace, by Robert Silverberg
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When enemies of peace threaten the System, they must be eliminated. There are many ways to do this. And if all else fails, you can always go to war wi...
Hystereo, by Maurice Baudin
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A quiet concert in the evening by the lake ... a harmless hi-fi hobbyist ... yet why did Woodard tremble at the sound, sound, sound. "Hystereo" appear...
Death of a Mutant, by Charles V de Vet
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The boy and his siblings were born with strange powers, but were also criminally insane. They had killed countless people and had been hunted down, on...
Sentinel of Eternity, by Arthur C Clarke
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before there were men on Earth, that signal-sending pyramid had stood alone on a lifeless moon. What would happen now that its alarm was silenced? T...
From Beyond the Stars, by Murray Leinster
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jansky Radiation was emanating from a single source in space, according to Tommy's father, which meant that it was artificial, produced by a civil...
The Strike at Too Dry, by Willis Brindley
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
His parents had sent young Percival out to Too Dry, Montana, to live with his Uncle to make a man of him, and for his health. But all Percival wanted ...
The Western Star, by Agatha Christie
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two priceless diamonds, stolen from their original owner, but destined to be returned. Threatening letters from a mysterious Chinaman. A noblewoman's ...
A Thought For Tomorrow, by Robert E Gilbert
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Orville Potts couldn't escape the asylum to the past, as he didn't have detailed knowledge of it to create an adequate visualization. The future, thou...
The Vortex Blaster Makes War, by Edward E 'Doc' Smith
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the end of Time it came, a call for help as brave, as ageless as the very galaxies: "Save us or die, Vortex Blaster—but if you die, two worlds ...
The Closed Door, by John F Wilson & Mary A Miller
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone thought Harry Owen had gone mad when he wrecked his own ship, the Shearwater, to save the passenger liner, the SS Western Pacific, from runni...
The Man Who Found Out, by Roger D Aycock
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's one thing to blow a bubble of glib, journalistic lies. Quite another to have that bubble burst in a nightmarish, green beyond. "The Man Who Found...
A World to Die For, by Sam Carson
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The crew of the Markab had been sent by Galactic Service to intercept and stop the alien ship that had attacked ships of the fleet. But Rik Guelf, who...
The Seven Missionaries, by H C McNeile
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One would have thought, with the invention of the wireless radio, that piracy would be a thing of the past. Jim Maitland, and the passengers and crew ...
The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Generations of men came and went while the computer pondered the data. "The Last Question" appeared in the November 1956 issue of "Science Fiction Q...