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Stories from the "Golden Age of Pulp Fiction."The "Golden Age of Pulp Fiction" is generally considered to be from the last decade of the 1800s to the mid-1900s, when magazines published on cheap pulp paper filled (mostly American) news-stands.
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Incident, by Thomas J O’Hara (opens the original)
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A floating coffin was the ship, its lone survivor specter-gaunt and adrift in a pitiless universe. This short story appeared in the May 1955 issue of Fantastic Universe. ----- If you have information about this author, I would be grateful if you could let me know at goldenagefiction@proton.me . ----- If there's a story you'd like me to narrate, please let me know at goldenagefiction@proton.me .
Public Enemy, by Kendell Foster Crossen (opens the original)
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At long last, Public Police Officer Brad Raynor was going to see some action--perhaps he’d have some of the excitement that policemen in the past experienced every day! This short story appeared in the December 1952 issue of Dynamic Science Fiction. ----- Kendell Foster Crossen (July 25, 1910 – November 29, 1981) was an American pulp fiction and science fiction writer. He was the creator and writer of stories about the Green Lama (a crime-fighting Buddhist superhero whose powers emerged upon the
Youth, by Isaac Asimov (opens the original)
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Red and Slim found the two strange little animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents. This novelette appeared in the May 1952 issue of "Space Science Fiction". ----- Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and A
The Voices, by Edward Wellen (opens the original)
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Nicholas Kane was sitting at his desk when he heard the voices. This was a departure from the usual, and he heard them only once—but that one time turned out to be once too often for Kane. This short story appeared in the March 1954 issue of Universe Science Fiction. ----- Edward Wellen (born Edward Paul Levy, October 2, 1919 – January 15, 2011 was an American mystery and science fiction writer. As of 1993, it was estimated that, in addition to two novels, Wellen had published 250 mysteries in E
The Graveyard Rats, by Henry Kuttner (opens the original)
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A gruesome fate befell the old caretaker of the cemetery in the horrible burrows beneath the graves. This short story appeared in the March 1936 issue of Weird Tales. ----- Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915, Los Angeles, California – February 3, 1958, Los Angeles, California) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He contributed several stories to Lovecraft’s Cthulu Mythos, adding a few lesser-known deities to the Mythos pantheon. Kuttner wrote under a plethora of pseudonyms w
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