Orville Potts couldn't escape the asylum to the past, as he didn't have detailed knowledge of it to create an adequate visualization. The future, though, was unwritten; he could visualize it however he wanted...

"A Thought for Tomorrow" appeared in "Galaxy Science Fiction," November 1952, pages 83 - 94.

Robert E Gilbert (May 6, 1924 – April 4, 1993) was an American science fiction writer.

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From the end of Time it came, a call for help as brave, as ageless as the very galaxies: "Save us or die, Vortex Blaster—but if you die, two worlds shall perish with you!"

Today's story is "The Vortex Blaster Makes War" by Edward E "Doc" Smith. It appeared in the October 1942 issue of "Astonishing Stories" on pages 39 to 55.

Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. In 1963, he was presented the inaugural "First Fandom Hall of Fame" award at the 21st World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C.

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Everyone thought Harry Owen had gone mad when he wrecked his own ship, the Shearwater, to save the passenger liner, the SS Western Pacific, from running aground in a violent storm. The story that Gorham related, however, explained that, while it was indeed madness that caused him to do it, it was a particular, but very common, kind of madness...

"The Closed Door" appeared in Ainslee’s magazine, October 1922, pages 53 - 61.

John F Wilson

John Fleming Wilson, (February 22, 1877 – March 5, 1922), was an American author, newspaperman, and prolific writer of short stories and adventure novels, best known for his travel books about sea life. Many of his books and short stories were made into films during the 1910s through the 1930s.

Mary A Miller

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