|
|
1
|
A Game of Consequences [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
 Langford is known for his comedy, but this story is more horrifying than funny. It traces the development of scientists in their youth, noting the dangerous games they tend to play, and extrapolates this to a future project that may be the last game of all for humanity. Langford tells us that the teenage stunts portrayed here are "largely biographical," making this story even more chilling. 1998
Words: 3545 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
136 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
 |
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
 
|
|
|
2
|
Outbreak by J*mes Wh*te [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
This alien-contact-style parody of the James White "Sector General" stories displays some of Langford's typical dry British humour. 1985
Words: 2136 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
141 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
3
|
The Mad Gods' Omelette by M*ch**l M**rc*ck [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Knockabout fun as Erryj of Murble, doomed prince of no fixed abode, is fated again and again to wield his terrible weapon Slugbane. Michael Moorcock, creator of the doomed hero Elric, merely gnashes his teeth at this parody. 1984
Words: 3123 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Fantasy
|
15 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
4
|
Different Kinds of Darkness [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
The field of advanced mathematic imaging has taken a lethal turn in the form of the BLIT. Named after the now-deceased mathematician Vernon Berryman, the Berryman Logical Imaging Technique can create images that crash the human brain in the same way a computer crashes from a sufficiently complex query. Terrorists have killed millions using posters, graffiti--and television. Many parents have had secret biochips implanted in the optic nerves of their children to darken the world outside of their ... more info>> 2000 HOMer Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 3892 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
906 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.69 |
|
|
|
$0.59 |
| You Pay: |
$0.48 |
|
|
|
$0.41 |
| You Save: |
30.43% |
|
|
|
40.58% |
|
|
|
5
|
Answering Machine [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Digital black comedy as a conversational computer--mindlessly reacting to real if not life-threatening human problems--feeds back increasingly unwise "advice"... Includes terrifying insights into the grim world of writing movie novelizations. 1982
Words: 3186 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
32 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
6
|
The Last Robot Story by Is**c As*m*v [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Another Langford parody. Devastating logic about the physics of positronic brains ensures that this must be the absolutely final case of a certain future detective and his robotic sidekick. 2002
Words: 1105 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
61 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
7
|
Lost Event Horizon by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Once again Cosmic Agent Mac Malsenn from "Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid" confronts his nemesis, the arch-fiend Nivek, in a titanic conflict which may well destroy the entire universe--and more! 1984
Words: 2966 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
14 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
8
|
The Case That Never Was [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator, tackles the most baffling, sinister and generally unbelievable haunting of his career. It is the case that he will be unable to remember...." 2001
Words: 2120 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
|
44 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
9
|
Blood and Silence [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
A new theory of vampirism emerges from a laboratory team's grudges, in-fighting, and struggles for publication credit. Horror and deadpan humour in a witty mix.
1995
Words: 1916 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Horror
|
51 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
10
|
Ellipses [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Conflicting accounts of what happened after a dying man constructed a mathematical technique of communication from beyond the grave. 1990
Words: 2219 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
48 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
11
|
The Motivation [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
A slightly psi-gifted young man in a dead-end job tries his hand at investigating a horrific past crime. [Selected for Karl Edward Wagner's The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII.] 1989
Words: 5632 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
29 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.79 |
|
|
|
$0.67 |
| You Pay: |
$0.55 |
|
|
|
$0.47 |
| You Save: |
30.38% |
|
|
|
40.51% |
|
|
|
12
|
The Arts of the Enemy [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
An almost apologetic Dark Lord explains and tries to justify his life's work to the unwary hero who's gatecrashed his sanctum. 1992
Words: 3000 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Fantasy
|
69 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
13
|
The Case of Jack the Clipper [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator, unmasks a serial toenail thief. The implications are unexpectedly cosmic. 1997
Words: 2329 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
|
29 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
14
|
The Facts in the Case of Micky Valdon [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
A determined skeptic tries to debunk a very odd phenomenon, to his own satisfaction but probably not the reader's. Important health warning: contains maggots! 1989
Words: 2626 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Horror
|
21 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
15
|
Notes for a Newer Testament [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Small wars and mayhem in post-holocaust Britain, where much technology has been lost but the symbols of the old world still command awe--and may still be a key to unexpected power. 1985
Words: 2827 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
15 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
16
|
A Snapshot Album [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Amid the lovingly described landscapes of North Wales, our narrator is plagued by illness and mysterious inner timeslips that make a single eyeblink seem half an eternity. Can he convince a sceptical outsider of what's happening? 1991
Words: 3966 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
13 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.55 |
|
|
|
$0.47 |
| You Pay: |
$0.39 |
|
|
|
$0.33 |
| You Save: |
29.09% |
|
|
|
40% |
|
|
|
17
|
The Spawn of Non-Q by A.E. v*n V*gt [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Utterly reprehensible parody of van Vogt's The World of Null-A, with amnesiac superman Filbert Insseyn caught in the toils of the most incomprehensible plot ever devised for a single individual. 1988
Words: 3695 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
13 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.55 |
|
|
|
$0.47 |
| You Pay: |
$0.39 |
|
|
|
$0.33 |
| You Save: |
29.09% |
|
|
|
40% |
|
|
|
18
|
The Thing From Inner Space by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Once again Cosmic Agent Mac Malsenn from "Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid" confronts his nemesis, the arch-fiend Nivek, in the unfamiliar arena of subatomic miniaturization. Guaranteed to be even sillier than The Girl in the Golden Atom. 1976
Words: 1925 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
16 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
19
|
The Thing in the Bedroom by W*ll**m H*pe H*dgs*n [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator (Langford's send-up of Carnacki the Ghost-Finder) tackles a perverse and raunchy haunting. Not for young readers! Selected by Karl Edward Wagner for Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII. 1984
Words: 3716 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Horror
|
17 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.55 |
|
|
|
$0.47 |
| You Pay: |
$0.39 |
|
|
|
$0.33 |
| You Save: |
29.09% |
|
|
|
40% |
|
|
|
20
|
Wetware [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Short-short narrated by a self-aware home computer which seems to have some odd built-in limitations. For its own good, of course. Maybe. But why is it called the Faustmatic, anyway? 1984
Words: 1244 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
43 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
21
|
The Lions in the Desert [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Two wise-cracking men find that there are shape-shifters among us. 1993
Words: 3602 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
106 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
22
|
Christmas Games [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
A virtual Clue romp! This is a playful whodunit with a twist. 1993
Words: 3713 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
89 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.49 |
|
|
|
$0.42 |
| You Pay: |
$0.34 |
|
|
|
$0.29 |
| You Save: |
30.61% |
|
|
|
40.82% |
|
|
|
23
|
Leaks [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
A detective with paranormal abilities is called in to investigate problems at a top secret nuclear facility. 1991
Words: 6924 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
54 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.99 |
|
|
|
$0.84 |
| You Pay: |
$0.69 |
|
|
|
$0.59 |
| You Save: |
30.3% |
|
|
|
40.4% |
|
|
|
24
|
The Spear of the Sun [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
This story is fascinating from several different angles. First, it is an alternate history story that presumes that the founder of science fiction was G.K. Chesterton instead of Hugo Gernsback. Second, it presumes that Chesterton wrote his famous "Father Brown" mystery series in the science fiction genre rather than a pure mystery format. Third, it presents for us a "new" Father Brown mystery that takes place on a space ship. This is wildly imaginative and succeeds in its own right as a mystery ... more info>> 1996
Words: 2700 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
124 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$0.69 |
|
|
|
$0.59 |
| You Pay: |
$0.48 |
|
|
|
$0.41 |
| You Save: |
30.43% |
|
|
|
40.58% |
|
|
|
25
|
The Space Eater [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
|
|
Ken Jackin has defeated death forty-six times thanks to the extraordinary phenomenon called Anomalous Physics, but now he has his most difficult mission: stop the experiments on a runaway space colony. In order to get into the colony, Ken and his lovely and seductive partner, Rossa Corman, must die and be reborn again. Together they have surpassed death in order to save humanity and must face the most dangerous peril they have ever experienced. The clock is ticking as Ken and Rossa scramble to s... more info>> 1982
Words: 88014 - Reading Time: 251-352 min.
Category: Science Fiction
|
33 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| List Price: |
$8.99 |
|
|
|
$7.64 |
| You Pay: |
$6.29 |
|
|
|
$5.35 |
| You Save: |
30.03% |
|
|
|
40.49% |
|
![Short [3545 words]](/images/short.gif "Short [3545 words]")
![Very Short [2136 words]](/images/veryshort.gif "Very Short [2136 words]")
![Mid-Length [38969 words]](/images/medium.gif "Mid-Length [38969 words]")
