Short Fiction

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? Clifford D. Simak , a prolific author of science fiction, wrote over 125 short stories. They often focus on the human scale more than the space opera scale, and are often tinged with horror. Included in this collection are stories of time travel, unreliable perceptions, and the difficulty in applying human understanding to different forms of life. The short stories in this collection are those currently known to have passed into the U.S. public domain, and are arranged in order of publication. Clifford D. Simak (died 1988) was a significant literary figure of the 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. The early science fiction genre, pioneered by visionaries like H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, laid the groundwork for one of literature's most enduring and imaginative forms. Short Fiction stands as an early example of speculative fiction grappling with the promises and perils of science and technology.