Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, who went by the pen name of Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and wrote over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays over the course of his life.

His short story, "How the enemy came to Thlunrana", was first published in 1915 as part of his book Fifty-One Tales, a collection of fantasy short stories which is considered to have been a major influence on the work of early fantasy writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, and others.

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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, who went by the pen name of Lord Dunsany and wrote over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays over the course of his life.

We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less.

You can read Dunsany's original story on our website, along with the rest of the flash fiction and short stories featured on our channel. For more information, go to https://cyborgink.com.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was a writer and poet who was better known by his pen name O. Henry. His short story, "A Strange Story" was first published in 1912 in the collection, Rolling Stones.

We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less.

You can read Porter/Henry's original story on our website, along with the rest of the flash fiction and short stories featured on our channel. For more information, go to https://cyborgink.com.

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was an American writer of science fiction short stories and novels. His short story, “The Hour of Battle”, was first published in the September 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction.

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Catherine Lucille Moore (1911 – 1987) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres. One of her best-loved characters was the spaceship pilot and smuggler, Northwest Smith, featured in the above story, which was first published in the January 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe.

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We’re building a digital archive of flash fiction and short stories from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction eras of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of around three thousand words or less.

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, fantasy, and cosmic horror, who is probably best known for his creation of the "Cthulhu Mythos". This very short story, "Memory", was first written in 1919 and published in the May 1923 issue of The National Amateur.

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Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. “Experiment” is one of his shortest and best-known examples of the form, and was first published in the February 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.

We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less.

You can read Brown's original story on our website, along with the rest of the flash fiction and short stories featured in our videos. For more information, go to www.cyborgink.com.

Floyd Wallace (1915-2004) was a science fiction writer and mechanical engineer, who spent most of his life in California and published stories in magazines such as Astounding Stories and Galaxy Science Fiction. His short story, "Second Landing", was first published in the January 1960 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less.

You can read Wallace's original story on our website, along with the rest of the flash fiction and short stories featured on our channel. For more information, go to www.cyborgink.com.