Malcolm Jameson

writer
Novelette

Taa the Terrible


After a run-in with an oppressive governor on the planet Arania, tourist Larry Frazer and a helpful human Nelda must decide what they’ll do with their knowledge that all the planet’s natives are entering a long sleep to protect them from Taa the Terrible. —Michael Main
My people now go into the long sleep. We do that out of terror of Taa, for when he roams the land in wrath no thing that can feel, see or hear can survive.Only in these catacombs is it possible to bear his thunders and live. We call it the Sleep of Ten Thousand Years, though no one knows how long the time really is.
Pen-and-ink drawing of a man with a ray gun and a woman in a slinky dress
                emerging from a temple topped by a dragonman with a futuristic city in the
                background.
  • Science Fiction
  • Time Phenomena
Short Story

Murder in the Time World


Karl Tarig plans to murder his kindly cousin, Dr. Claude Morrison, who took Karl in when nobody else would. Then he'll toss cousin Claude’s body into the time machine that Claude built. Lastly, he’ll sell all of Claude’s valuables and run away in time with the indomitable Ellen Warren. The perfect crime! —Michael Main
To hell with the law! For he had thought out the perfect crime. There could be no dangerous consequences. You can’t hang a man for murder with a body—a corpus delicti. For the first time in the history of crime, a murderer had at his disposal the sure means of ridding himself of his corpse.
Pen-and-ink drawing of a crazed man dragging an unconscious man into a vault
                beside a futuristic chair and control panel.
  • Science Fiction
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Doubled and Redoubled


Jimmy Childers was certain of two things: that last night he’d set the alarm to silent (even though it went off this morning) and that yesterday, June 14th, was the perfect day, the likes of which could certainly never be repeated again.

This is the earliest sf story that I’ve seen with a time loop, although there was the earlier 1939 episode of The Shadow.
Jimmy had the queer feeling, which comes over one at times, he was reliving something that had already happened.
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  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Weird Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Dead End


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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Short Story

Time Column


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Anachron


Golden-age favorite Malcolm Jameson wrote three stories of Anachron, Inc., a company that recruits ex-commandos for their “foreign” department—a euphemism for intertemporal commerce.
We can use a limited number of agents for our “foreign” department, but they must be wiry, active, of unusually sound constitution, and familiar with the use of all types of weapons. They MUST be resourceful, of quick decision, tact and of proven courage, as they may be called upon to work in difficult and dangerous situations without guidance or supervision. Previous experience in purchasing or sales work desirable but not necessary. EX-COMMANDO MEN usually do well with us.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Blind Alley


Business tycoon Jack Feathersmith longs for the simple, good old days of his youth in Cliffordsville.
Nothing was further from Mr. Feathersmith’s mind than dealings with streamlined, mid-twentieth-century witches or dickerings with the Devil. But something had to be done. The world was fast going to the bowwows, and he suffered from an overwhelming nostalgia for the days of his youth. His thoughts contantly turned to Cliffordsville and the good old days when men were men and God was in His heaven and all was right with the world.
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  • Eloi Bronze Medal
  • Weird Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
TV Episode

The Twilight Zone (v1s04e14)

Of Late I Think of Cliffordsville


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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel