Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, fantasy, and cosmic horror, who is probably best known for his creation of the "Cthulhu Mythos". His short story, "Dagon", was first published in the November 1919 issue of The Vagrant and was one of the first stories Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It was later reprinted in the October 1923 issue of Weird Tales. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, who wrote and edited more than 500 books over the course of his career and was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. "The Machine That Won the War" is one of the dozen or so short stories Asimov wrote about a supercomputer called "Multivac" and was first published in the October 1961 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of twentieth century science fiction, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. His short story, "The Nine Billion Names of God", was first published in 1953 in the collection Star Science Fiction Stories. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. His short-short story, “The Weapon”, was first published in the April 1951 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. His short-short story, “Pattern”, was first published in 1954 in the collection Angels and Spaceships. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, who wrote and edited more than 500 books over the course of his career and was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. His short story, “The Fun They Had”, was first published in the children’s pages of a newspaper in 1951, then reprinted in the February 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We’re building...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, who wrote and edited more than 500 books over the course of his career and was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. “True Love” is one of the dozen or so short stories Asimov wrote about a supercomputer called “Multivac” and was first published in the February 1977 issue of American Way Magazine. We’re building a digital...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, who wrote and edited more than 500 books over the course of his career and was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. “Key Item” is one of the dozen or so short stories Asimov wrote about a supercomputer called “Multivac” and was first published in the July 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We’re...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, who wrote and edited more than 500 books over the course of his career and was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. His short story “Exile to Hell” was first published in the May 1968 issue of Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp...

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of twentieth century science fiction, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. His short story, “The Other Tiger”, was first published in 1953 in the June-July issue of Fantastic Universe. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less. You...

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of twentieth century science fiction, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. His short story, “The Haunted Space Suit”, was first published in the November 1958 issue of New Worlds Science Fiction under the title “Who’s There?” It was then republished in 1971 under the more familiar title of “The Haunted Space Suit” as part of the edited collection, “Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales”. We’re building a...

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was considered one of the “Big Three” writers of twentieth century science fiction, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. His short story, “Reunion”, was first published in 1971 in the collection Infinity Two. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less. You can read Clarke's...

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was an American author and screenwriter who wrote primarily in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres of literature and film, and is perhaps best known as the author of “I Am Legend”. His short story “Third from the Sun” was first published in the October 1950 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of...

“The Knock” is another “short-short story” by writer Fredric Brown (1906-1972) and is almost certainly the shortest one of them all. Possibly the shortest science fiction story ever written! Brown expanded his original two-sentence work to a more conventional short story format which significantly altered the narrative and tone of the original. This was published in the December 1948 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories. You can listen to the extended version of the story by clicking here:...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. His short-short story, “Answer”, was first published in 1954 in the collection Angels and Spaceships. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. “Sentry” is one of his shortest and best-known examples of the form, and was first published in the February 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a...