Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious Macabre, Unsolved and Unexplained
For half a million years, he slept in secret, hiding among humanity. But when the Watchers come for him at sunset, it ignites a war not just of survival—but of ancient betrayal, identity, and a truth too terrifying for the world to know. He confesses to everything the FBI accuses him of — but the real reason he’s in that interrogation room is something they’d never believe.
A robot enters the ring to fight for the middleweight championship, but it’s not the title belt that hangs in the balance so much as what he’s being encouraged to say to the crowd when he wins… if he wins.
In a future where population is strictly controlled and children require government permission, Frank and Lucy Sturt must say goodbye forever to their only son Hal, who’s been selected for the prestigious but mysterious Leidner Project. When Hal’s girlfriend arrives with unexpected news after his departure, the three devise a desperate plan to preserve something precious in a world where even love is regulated. | “One Way” by Miriam Allen deFord, originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in March, 1955.
He was sentenced to a dusty prison under an alien sky… and he’d do anything to escape. Colonel Anthony Fallon isn’t like the other men stuck on Mars. He’s smarter. Sharper. Angrier. And he’s got a plan. In a world where exile means a slow fade into obscurity, one bitter man decides to fight the system — no matter the cost. But on Mars, nothing ever goes the way you expect.