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Fredric Brown

(1906 - 1972)

Earthmen Bearing Gifts

Mars and Earth make first contact through a rocket landing, with Martians hoping to learn from Earth's technology and Earth hoping to learn from Mars' social sciences and parapsychological sciences.

4 min read · Rating: PG · Read story

Hall Of Mirrors

A man finds himself transported to a future time and must make a decision about the use of a time machine.

12 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

Happy Ending

A dictator, known as Number One, finds himself alone and hunted on a destroyed world. He seeks refuge among the natives but is ultimately betrayed and left to face his own madness.

27 min read · Rating: R · Read story

Keep Out

A group of colonists on Mars, who have been genetically modified to adapt to the planet's harsh conditions, plan to kill the Earthmen and take over the planet.

7 min read · Rating: R · Read story

Two Timer

Two Timer by Fredric Brown. A small-scale time machine experiment and a soldier fighting aliens on a distant planet.

4 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story