Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses

"Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses" by Dwight V. Swain, is a science fiction tale set in the tumultuous times of World War II, centered around the escapades of Henry Horn, an eccentric inventor. Horn's creation, a pair of "x-ray" binoculars, allows people to see through objects, leading to a series of increasingly complicated situations. The story truly begins when Professor Paulsen, Horn’s colleague, discovers him selling the binoculars at a nudist camp, which unleashes a series of issues for the pair. Things take a perilous turn after a red-haired man, soon revealed to be a Nazi spy, acquires the glasses, initiating a frantic chase to recover stolen military secrets. Blending humor with tension, particularly during their unexpected nudist encounters, the narrative follows the pair as they outsmart the enemy by changing Horn's ridiculous invention into a powerful tool against the Axis powers.