A sci-fi short story by R.A. Lafferty, originally published in If, September 1960.
“Time is money.
Time heals all wounds.
Given time,
anything is possible.
And now he had all the
time in the world!”
Sci-Fi Short Stories
“Low Desert, High Mountain, Big Lizard”
As a scavenger, Das is no stranger to the beautiful and deadly alien creatures the invaders left behind. But when a mad “basilisk” goes on a rampage, it’s up to Das to prove himself worthy of his father’s memory—and find a way to put the brute out of its misery before it hurts anyone else.
“The End of the World Is Better with Friends”
Sid is all alone at the end of the world, with only his robot and his garden to keep him company. When a dry spell forces him to the lake’s perilous shores, he finds the unexpected—company.
“Centurion”
New planet, new problems. Josu and his father trade up for a second chance at life by emigrating from a dead Earth to the Alpha Centauri system.
“Make Like the Roaches and Survive”
“Make Like The Roaches And Survive” is a story of scrappy survival in a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by mysterious alien invaders. A first contact story of a young man armed only with his wit—and the loyalty of one very fierce feline—in the face of mortal danger.
“Queen of Space” by Joseph Slotkin
A sci-fi short story by Joseph Slotkin, originally published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, Aug 1954.
“Helen LaTour had the best hip wriggle in galactic Burleyque. In fact, it was so good she hipped herself smack into another dimension!…”
“Selling Point” by Norman Arkawy
A sci-fi short story by Norman Arkawy, originally published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy 1955.
“A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market. Perfected? Nobody had considered the one defect!”
“The Road Is Three”
Earth changed the day the invaders attacked, and even though they’re gone now, departed for reasons unknown, our world will never be the same.
“World of the Mad” by Poul Anderson
A sci-fi short story by Poul Anderson, originally published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy 1951.
“Langdon had found immortality on the planet Tanith. Naturally he wanted his wife to share it—if he could prevent her from going insane first….”
“A Spaceship Named McGuire” by Randall Garrett
A sci-fi short story by Randall Garrett, originally published in Analog 1961.
“The basic trouble with McGuire was that, though ‘he’ was a robot spaceship, nevertheless ‘he’ had a definite weakness that a man might understand….”