Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 19” features the sensational stories of an unjustly neglected and highly underrated science fiction author, David Wright O’Brien. O’Brien (1918-1944) had a deep love of writing, so much so that he continued his passion even after enlisting in the Air Force during World War II. Sadly, he died in a bombing raid over Berlin at the age of twenty-six. This volume contains many of his best stories, all of which appeared in editor Ray Palmer’s Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures. Some were published well after his death. His stories were innovative and exciting and often laced—like many of his fellow writers—with underlying themes of war. O’Brien (nephew of “Weird Tales” founder Farnsworth Wright) wasn’t one to shy away from gruesome endings, but he often gave his characters hope for a better tomorrow. Read on to find yourself venturing into the fourth dimension in “The Outsiders;” fly with a former outer space veteran in “Return of the Space Hawk;” and take a journey through time in “Yesterday’s Clock.” Morals will be tested and futuristic lines will be drawn in these eleven thrilling short stories that will take you through time and to other mysterious worlds.
