Short Story
Richard Wilson
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Short Story
The Futile Flight of John Arthur Benn
- by Richard Wilson
- in Infinity Science Fiction, February 1956
A man with a death wish wishes himself back in time.
Now, he thought, what? This was scarcely dinosaur country.
Short Story
George All the Way
- by Richard Wilson
- in Galaxy, October 1956
Because of his sizeable donation to the time travel project in 1977, playboy Bill Marcer is one of the first to climb in the machine that’s supposed to take him to a fanciful 2177. Upon arrival, those who greet him have thoughtfully studied up on twentieth century slang, and women are paraded before him like commodities.
“Then everything’s jake,” he said with a visible return of his assurance. “We’ve straightened up and are flying right. Ishkabibble?”
Short Story
The Sons of Japheth
- by Richard Wilson
- in Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956
When all Earth is destroyed in World War V, only bomber pilot Ray Vanjan and scientist Dr. Garfield Gar remain in outer space, so Gar sends Vanjan back to nip mankind in the bud at the time Noah and his family emerged from the Ark.
“I want you to strafe the Ark, exercising car not to hurt any of the animals,” said old Dr. Garfield Gar.
Short Story
Time Out for Tomorrow
- by Richard Wilson
- in Science Fantasy, December 1957
Darius Dave, chairman of the Omega Science Fiction Club, brings his great grandson from the year 2017 to address the club. Most of the club members think the time traveler is just a gag, but artist Jennie Rhine has gold-digging designs on Darius’s descendant.
Even as he spoke, there was a shimmering in the air next to him and a whining hum. The shimmering became the outline of a man—a tall man wearing silvery shorts and some sort of metalic hardness over his bronzed skin, with a heavy cloak thrown back from the shoulders.