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Let the Ants Try
by Frederik PohlGordy survived the Three-Hour War, even though Detroit didn't; he was on his way to Washington, with his blueprints and models in his bag, when the bombs struck. He had left his wife behind in the city, and not even a trace of her body was ever found. The children, of course, weren't as lucky as that. Their summer camp was less than twenty miles aw..
Lady Into Hell-Cat
by Stanley MullenLee Heydrick smiled grimly. "I guess you didn't catch my name. I earned these service bars of mine. I was one of four survivors of the first Trans-Plutonian Expedition." The inspector suddenly became respectful. "Oh, you're that Heydrick?" He referred to the credentials on his desk. "What's a pirate-chaser like you doing on an assignment like this?..
Sidewinders From Sirius
by Fox B. HoldenGaylord Kram, Vice-colonel of Intelligence, Terrestrial Federal government, sat pondering one of the worst poker hands he had ever witnessed, and he had witnessed a goodly number in his 38 years, when he should have been sweating blood over his tottering government's most perplexing problem: what to do about the colonists from Sirius and their G-ra..
Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.
by Marietta HolleyMy companion, Josiah, knew that my book was all finished and completed, and so one lovely day about half past four, P. M. in the afternoon, when he see me walk with a firm and even step up to the mantletry piece and take down my bottle of ink and my steel mounted pen, he says to me:“What are you goin’ to writin’ on now, Samantha?”Says I mildly, “I ..
Buffalo Bill's Weird Warning
by Prentiss IngrahamBuffalo Bill's Weird Warning is a dime novel written by Prentiss Ingraham. Colonel Cody’s fame had reached the East long before, and a great many New Yorkers went out to see him and join in his buffalo hunts, including such men as August Belmont, James Gordon Bennett, Anson Stager, and J. G. Heckscher. In entertaining these visitors at Fort McPhers..
A West Point Treasure
by Frederick GarrisonA West Point Treasure is a juvenile fiction novel based on war & military concept written by Frederick Garrison, the author of “Off for West Point,” “A Cadet’s Honor,” “On Guard,” etc.He was a tall, handsome lad, with a frank, pleasant face, and a wealth of curly brown hair. He wore a close-fitting gray jacket and trousers. The uniform of ..
From the Land of the Snow-Pearls - Tales from Puget Sound
by Ella HigginsonFrom the Land of the Snow-Pearls is a collection of short stories written by Ella Higginson.The Flower that Grew in the SandEsther’s “Fourth”The Blow-out at Jenkins’s GroceryThe Takin’ in of Old Mis’ LaneThe Maneuvering of Mrs. SybertA Point of Knuckling-DownThe Cuttin’-Out of Bart WinnZareldaIn the Bitter Root MountainsPatience Appleby’s Confessin..
The Castlecourt Diamond Mystery
by Geraldine BonnerThe Castlecourt Diamond Mystery is a mystery novel written by Geraldine Bonner, the author of “Hard Pan,” “The Pioneers,” etc.Lord Castlecourt didn’t like going to the hotel at all. Chawlmers used to tell me how he’d talk sometimes. Chawlmers has been with my lord ten years, and was born on the estate of Castlecourt Marsh Manor. But my lord g..