“Hunting Problem” is a 1955 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about an alien scout who must hunt a fearsome adult Mirash in order to salvage his troop’s honor.
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“What’s He Doing in There” is a 1957 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about an American anthropologist who hosts Earth’s first visitor from another planet.
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Today’s flash fiction stories are a real treat! And special thanks goes out to one of my readers, Heather, for pointing me towards these classic stories from 1954. Enjoy!
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“A Gun for Dinosaur” is a 1956 science fiction novelette by L. Sprague de Camp. It is about a guide company that takes their clients millions of years into the past on dinosaur hunting expeditions.
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“A Pail of Air” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about a family living on an Earth so cold that the atmosphere has been frozen.
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“Second Variety” is a 1953 science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick. It is about a post-apocalyptic American major who joins forces with a handful of Russians in order to eliminate robotic killing machines.
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“Postmark Ganymede” is a 1957 science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg. It is about a former military officer who must now deliver the mail to one of Jupiter’s moons.
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“The Hated” is a 1958 science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl (writing as Paul Flehr). It is about an astronaut who has returned from Mars and the psychological problems he is trying to work out.
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“The Ugly Little Boy” is a 1958 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a small Neanderthal boy who is brought into the future for scientific experimentation and the nurse who takes care of him.
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The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book by Ray Bradbury which contains 18 science fiction short stories. The stories are loosely tied together by a tattooed guy called “The Illustrated Man.” Apparently each of his tattoos is animated and tells a different story from the book.
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“Paycheck” is a 1953 novelette by Philip K. Dick. It is about a man who is using a handful of clues to help him remember what he has been doing for the past two years.
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“Happy Ending” is a 1957 science fiction short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds. It is about a defeated commander who goes to Venus to live out the rest of his days in isolation.
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“They Twinkled Like Jewels” is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip José Farmer. It is about a transient man who is taken to a government camp where he meets a strange fellow from his past.

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“Scanners Live in Vain” is a 1950 science fiction novelette by Cordwainer Smith. It is about a sensory deprived man who tries to stop his Scanner brothers from killing a human who has just made a great scientific breakthrough.

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“Superiority” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about a captured general who is giving the reasons why his side lost a war due to superior technology.

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“The Menace from Earth” is a 1957 science fiction novelette by Robert Heinlein. It is about a 15 year old girl who lives on the Moon and gets jealous when her partner acts as a tour guide for a beautiful Earth woman.

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“The Hanging Stranger” is a 1953 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It is about the one man in Pikeville who notices a dead stranger hanging from a lamp post in the middle of town.

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“A Matter of Importance” is a 1959 science fiction novelette by Murray Leinster. It is about a couple of inter-stellar policemen who are investigating the disappearance of an inter-planetary spaceship.

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“The Fog Horn” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. It is about two men in a rural lighthouse who witness an ancient creature rise from the deep ocean.

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“The Father-Thing” is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It is about a boy who suspects that his father has been replaced by an alien.

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