X Minus One — A Saucer of Loneliness by Theodore Sturgeon

X Minus One aired Theodore Sturgeon’s “A Saucer of Loneliness” on January 9, 1957. It appeared originally in the February 1953 issue of Galaxy. The story begins as a man rescues a young woman who has tried to drown herself near the beach where she takes long walks. As her story unfolds we learn (in …

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Fantasy & Science Fiction — November/December 2012

Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2012

“Katabasis” by Robert Reed

“High Stakes” by Naomi Kritzer
“The Problem of the Elusive Cracksman” by Ron Goulart
“Heaventide” by KJ Kabza
“Claim Blame” by Alan Dean Foster
“Application” by Lewis Shiner
“Breathe” by Steven Popkes
“The Ladies in Waiting” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“If the Stars Reverse Their Courses, If the Rivers Run Back from the Sea” by Alter S. Reiss
“Waiting for a Me Like You” by Chris Willrich
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W is for Werewolf & Six tales from Karloff

Dark Fantasy (1940-42) aired Scott Bishop’s “W is for Werewolf” on Friday, February 13, 1942 as the series’ 13th episode. It tells the tale of a vacationing couple, young child in tow, as they visit a friend whose isolated island home turns out to hold a very dark, very dangerous secret. Play Time: 24:28 We …

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Angel Street (aka Gaslight) — Boris Karloff

Helen Hayes Theater had a good run on radio from 1940-48. It aired “Angel Street” on December 8, 1945. It was titled Gaslight for the 1944 film starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and Joseph Cotten (Boyer and Bergman at left). Hayes (1900-1993) was one of only 11 actors to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and …

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