"Vulthoom" was first published in the September 1935 edition of Weird Tales. It has since appeared in a multitude of publications and has been translated into Dutch, German, French and Italian.

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"Time and Time Again" is a science fiction short story by American writer H Beam Piper, first published in April 1947, Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

"The Tunnel under the World" is a science fiction short story by American writer Frederik Pohl, first published in 1955 in Galaxy magazine. It has frequently been anthologized, for example in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) edited by Brian Aldiss, and The Golden Age of Science Fiction anthology edited by Kingsley Amis (1981).

"The Old Die Rich" is a science fiction story by H.L. Gold. It was first published in Galaxy in March 1953.

"project mastodon" is a science fiction short story by Clifford D Simak. It was first published in Galaxy in March 1955, and has appeared in several collections since then.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it was first published (in abridged form) in the May and July issues of Weird Tales in 1941; the first complete publication was in Arkham House's Beyond the Wall of Sleep collection (1943). It is included in the Library of America volume of Lovecraft's work.

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Story Humanity believes it wages endless war underground while robots fight above. When the truth surfaces, the machines reveal they have quietly preserved Earth—and manipulated humans into survival through comforting lies. Dick probes reality, trust, and whether salvation still counts if it’s engineered deception.

First appearance Published in Galaxy Science Fiction (1953).

Author bio Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) was a visionary American science-fiction writer obsessed with reality, paranoia, authority, and false worlds. His work explores fragile identities and manufactured truths, influencing philosophy, cyberpunk, and countless films despite his chaotic, troubled life.

Story A bleak medical future where burial becomes therapy. The “coffin cure” is a sanctioned psychological treatment—patients sealed away to shock them back into compliance. Nourse uses clinical calm to expose how medicine, stripped of empathy, can become ritualized cruelty dressed up as care.

First appearance Published in April 1957 issue of Galaxy magazine.

Author bio Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992) was both a physician and science-fiction writer. His fiction obsessively interrogates medicine, ethics, and institutional power, often predicting bioethical debates decades early with unsettling clarity and professional precision.

Story A man casually wishes for death—and gets exactly what he asked for, via a perfectly legal, perfectly absurd system. Sheckley skewers consumer logic and bureaucratic literalism, showing how desire, once formalized and monetized, becomes a trap engineered to fulfill you to death.

First appearance Published in the November 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.

Author bio Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) was a master of satirical science fiction. Famous for short stories, he specialized in ironic twists, legalistic futures, and social systems that collapse under their own logic—funny, fast, and quietly savage.