Something waits in the darkness at sea. An alien farmer discovers his prey is far more complicated than expected. A seemingly ordinary exposition hides something impossible. A machine grows tired of being ignored. And in the city after midnight, the hunters may already be among us.
Lost Sci-Fi Books 156 thru 160 brings together five unforgettable stories of mystery, danger and imagination.
The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson — Becalmed on a dark, starless Pacific, a ship receives a mysterious visitor with a horrifying story to tell. What happened on a remote island challenges everything its crew believes about life itself.
The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak — Duncan is a farmer on another planet, and something is destroying his crops. Hunting the culprit should be simple—until he begins to understand the extraordinary creature he is pursuing.
The Elephant Circuit by Robert A. Heinlein — John Watts has attended plenty of expositions, but never one quite like this. Somewhere among the crowds and attractions is something decidedly out of this world.
Someday by Isaac Asimov — Two boys experiment with an obsolete storytelling machine and discover that even outdated technology may be capable of remembering how it has been treated.
The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson — Forget lonely country roads. If creatures of the night really hunt for prey, wouldn’t they go where the hunting is best? In a sleeping city, that possibility becomes dangerously convincing.
From Hodgson’s eerie tale of terror at sea to strange planets, forgotten machines and predators prowling city streets, Lost Sci-Fi Books 156 thru 160 delivers five very different journeys into the unexpected.
