A Teutonic scientist attempts to create a race of artificially created superman who, among other things, can jump a few seconds through time, but only as invisible witnesses to the future goings-on. The story is disturbingly prescient of Nazi ideas of an Aryan Herrenvolk.
—Michael Main
Before Northwood’s horrified sight, he vanished; vanished as though he had turned suddenly to air and floated away.

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  1. “Creatures of the Light” by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, February 1930.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
  2. audio reading.
    “Creatures of the Light” by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Maria Lectrix #1539–1542, 30 May 2009 [podcast] [Podcast accessed at https://marialectrix.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/1539-part-1-of-creatures-of-the-light-by-sophie-wenzel-ellis-from-astounding-stories-of-super-science-feb-1930/ on 6 March 2022].
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Kathy Wright
  3. audio reading.
    “Creatures of the Light” by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, in Astounding Stories 02: February 1930, coordinated by Alan Winterrowd (LibriVox, June 2013) [audio] [Audio collection accessed at https://librivox.org/astounding-stories-02-february-1930-by-various/ on 8 April 2022.].
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Maureen O’Brien