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Lazarus Come Forth by Ray Bradbury
Published in Planet Stories, Winter 1944. Released in the public domain November 2020. The Morgue Ship had gleaned information from…
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Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury
The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world’s ecstasy flared into red mob-hate…
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The Fight of the Good Ship Clarissa by Ray Bradbury
The space rocket Clarissa was nine days out from Venus. The members of the crew were also out for nine…
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The Pendulum by Ray Bradbury
Up and down, back and forth, up and down. First the quick flite skyward, gradually slowing, reaching the pinnacle of…
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The Record by Ray Bradbury
Written cooperatively by Forrest Ackerman and Ray Bradbury, this story was first published in Ray Bradbury’s Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1939…
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Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury
Oh, it was to be so jolly! What a game! Such excitement they hadn’t known in years. The children catapulted…
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Federigo’s Falcon by Giovanni Boccaccio
There was once in Florence a young man named Federigo, the son of Messer Filippo Alberighi, renowned above all other…
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Old Ironsides by Albert F. Blaisdell
Old Ironsides answers the question why people cared so much about this important battle ship and about the War of…
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The First Thanksgiving by Albert F. Blaisdell
The First Thanksgiving was published in Short Stories from American History (1905) by Blaisdell & Ball. Their story of the…
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The Patriot Spy by Albert F. Blaisdell
The Patriot Spy was published in Hero Stories from American History (1903), co-authored by Albert Blaisdell and Francis Ball. “I…
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