Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form—stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted to a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek.
The Star Mouse
A genius mouse blasts off into space, meets tiny aliens, and considers uplifting his entire species before deciding that home is where the cheese is.
By Fredric Brown
And the Gods Laughed
Marooned astronauts confront mind-altering parasites who threaten their very existence and what it means to be human.
By Fredric Brown
Happy Ending
A once mighty ruler, now stranded on a hostile planet, discovers that even the smallest creatures can bring about a dictator's downfall.
By Fredric Brown
Keep Out
In humanity's attempt to colonize Mars, genetically modified children, armed with a dangerous sense of superiority, plot a violent coup against their Earthly caretakers to claim the new world as their own.
By Fredric Brown
Knock three-one-two
In a city terrorized by a killer, a desperate man's life spirals out of control, drawing him closer to the darkness he's trying to escape.
By Fredric Brown
Hall of Mirrors
A professor accidentally catapulted into the future faces an impossible choice: control or destroy the time machine.
By Fredric Brown
Earthmen Bearing Gifts
As Earth launches a weapon of war, Martians eagerly anticipate the arrival of a beacon of knowledge that could save their world, unaware of the tragic misunderstanding that awaits.
By Fredric Brown
Two Timer
Prepare for mind-bending scenarios as a time machine demonstration leads to cosmic исчезновение and a lone soldier confronts gruesome aliens in a battle for survival.
By Fredric Brown