"The Hour of Battle" | Robert Sheckley (Short Story)
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Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was an American writer of science fiction short stories and novels. His short story, “The Hour of Battle”, was first published in the September 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction. We’re building a digital archive of flash fiction and short stories from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction eras of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of around three thousand words or less. For more information, and to read all the stories featured on our podcast so far, go to: https://cyborgink.com
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