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Best Short Stories

by Fredric Brown

Other authors: Tim White (Cover artist)

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All the stories from the collections Nightmares and Geezenstacks and Space on My Hands plus an introduction by the author.

Many of the stories are very short, but good. Here is the last one in the book:

The End
Professor Jones had been working on time theory for many years.
"And I have found the key equation," he told his daughter one day. "Time is a field. This machine I have made can manipulate, even reverse, that field."
Pushing a button as he spoke, he said, "This should make time run backward run time make should this," said he, spoke he as button a pushing.
"Field that, reverse even, manipulate can made have I machine this. Field a is time." Day one daughter his told he, "Equation key the found have I and."
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End The
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Here's the full list:
Something Green (1951)
Crisis, 1999 (1949)
Pi in the Sky (1945)
Knock (1948)
All Good BEMs (1949)
Daymare (1943)
Nothing Sirius (1943)
Star Mouse (1942)
Come and Go Mad (1949)
Nasty (1959)
Abominable (1960)
Rebound (1960)
Nightmare in Gray (1961)
Nightmare in Green (1961)
Nightmare in White (1961)
Nightmare in Blue (1961)
Nightmare in Yellow (1961)
Nightmare in Red (1961)
Unfortunately (1958)
Granny's Birthday (1960)
Cat Burglar (1961)
The House (1960)
Second Chance (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries I - Invisibility (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries II - Invulnerability (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries III - Immortality (1961)
Dead Letter (1961)
Recessional (1961)
Hobbyist (1961)
The Ring of Hans Carvel (1961)
Vengeance Fleet (1950)
Rope Trick (1959)
Fatal Error (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III (1961)
Expedition (1956)
Bright Beard (1961)
Jaycee (1955)
Contact (1960)
Horse Race (1961)
Death on the Mountain (1961)
Bear Possibility (1961)
Not Yet the End (1941)
Fish Story (1961)
Three Little Owls (A Fable)(1961)
Runaround (1942)
Murder in Ten Easy Lessons (1945)
Dark Interlude (1951) and Mack Reynolds
Entity Trap (1950)
The Little Lamb (1953)
Me and Flapjack and the Martians (1952) with Mack Reynolds
The Joke (1948)
Cartoonist (1951) with Mack Reynolds
The Geezenstacks (1943)
The End (1961)
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Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown contains all the stories from the collections Nightmares and Geezenstacks and Space on My Hands plus an introduction by the author.



  • 7 • Publisher's Note • (1982) • essay by
    Anonymous

  • 9 • Introduction (The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown) • (1951) • essay by
    Something Green • (1951) • shortstory by
    Crisis, 1999 • (1949) • shortstory by
    Pi in the Sky • (1945) • novelette by
    Knock • (1948) • shortstory by
    All Good BEMs • (1949) • shortstory by
    Daymare • (1943) • novelette by
    Nothing Sirius • (1944) • shortstory by
    Star Mouse • (1942) • shortstory by
    Come and Go Mad • (1949) • novelette by
    Nasty • (1959) • shortstory by
    Abominable • (1960) • shortstory by
    Rebound • (1960) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in Gray • (1961) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in Green • (1961) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in White • (1961) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in Blue • (1961) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in Yellow • (1961) • shortstory by
    Nightmare in Red • (1961) • shortstory by
    Unfortunately • (1958) • shortstory by
    Granny's Birthday • (1960) • shortstory by
    Cat Burglar • (1961) • shortstory by
    The House • (1960) • shortstory by
    Second Chance • (1961) • shortstory by
    Great Lost Discoveries I - Invisibility • (1961) • shortstory by
    Great Lost Discoveries II - Invulnerability • (1961) • shortstory by
    Great Lost Discoveries III - Immortality • (1961) • shortstory by
    Dead Letter • (1961) • shortstory by
    Recessional • (1961) • shortstory by
    Hobbyist • (1961) • shortstory by
    The Ring of Hans Carvel • (1961) • shortstory by
    Vengeance Fleet • (1950) • shortstory by
    Rope Trick • (1959) • shortstory by
    Fatal Error • (1961) • shortstory by
    The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I • (1961) • shortstory by
    The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II • (1961) • shortstory by
    The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III • (1961) • shortstory by
    Expedition • (1956) • shortstory by
    Bright Beard • (1961) • shortstory by
    Jaycee • (1955) • shortstory by
    Contact • (1960) • shortstory by
    Horse Race • (1961) • shortstory by
    Death on the Mountain • (1961) • shortstory by
    Bear Possibility • (1961) • shortstory by
    Not Yet the End • (1941) • shortstory by
    Fish Story • (1961) • shortstory by
    Three Little Owls (A Fable) • (1961) • shortstory by
    Runaround • (1942) • shortstory by
    Murder in Ten Easy Lessons • (1945) • shortstory by
    Dark Interlude • (1951) • shortstory by
    Entity Trap • (1950) • shortstory by
    The Little Lamb • (1953) • shortstory by
    Me and Flapjack and the Martians • (1952) • shortstory by
    The Joke • (1948) • shortstory by
    Cartoonist • (1951) • shortstory by
    The Geezenstacks • (1943) • shortstory by
    The End • (1961) • shortstory by
    Fredric Brown
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