Atom Drive is a science fiction short story by American author Charles Louis Fontenay first published in 1956. It was a race between the tortoise and the hare. But this hare was using some dirty tricks to make sure the ending would be different.... The newfangled atom...

The Silk and the Song is a science fiction short story by American author Charles Louis Fontenay first published in 1956. Excellent short story of space exploration gone horribly wrong. Set on a planet where the natives have enslaved the humans and use them as mounts or...

The Jupiter Weapon is a science fiction short story by Charles L. Fontenay, first published in 1959.                He was a living weapon of destruction— immeasurably powerful, utterly invulnerable. There was only one question: Was he human? The Jupiter Weapon...

Wind is a science fiction short story by American author Charles L. Fontenay first published in 1959. When you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-and-death deadline to meet, you have a problem indeed. Unless you are a stubborn...