All e-books of Charles L. Fontenay

The yellow sands of the spaceport stretched, glaring and empty, in every direction.

Lauria Swept down the spiral staircase in regal dignity, and wished there were someone there to witness her entrance.

General Beauregard Courtney sat in his staff car atop a slight rise and watched the slow, meshing movement of his troops on the plains south of Tullahoma, Tennessee.

BY CHARLES FONTENAY _It was a race between the tortoise and the hare.

Jonner's hand dropped to his pistol and he edged cautiously behind a big rock as another groundcar appeared among the dunes to the south and approached the little group of men.

The first terrestrial expedition to Mars didn't find any Martians.

_Charles L. Fontenay has also written_: TWICE UPON A TIME (D-266) Copyright ©, 1961, by Ace Books, Inc.

Dr. Angstrom was known to his students and many of his colleagues on the faculty as "The Old Goat."

How do you get rid of a superman?

He was a living weapon of destruction--immeasurably powerful, utterly invulnerable.

What scientific or supernatural principle is behind the mysterious appearances recorded some years ago by Mr. Charles Fort, I'm sure I don't know.

_This could well have been Montcalm's greatest opportunity; a chance to bring mankind priceless gifts from worlds beyond.

_When you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-and-death deadline to meet, you have a problem indeed.

Herbert bowed with a muted clank--indicating he probably needed oiling somewhere--and presented Alice with a perfect martini on a silver tray.

_The Martianne_ is heard occasionally these days as a stirring concert or band selection.

After the morning inspection tour, Tardo, the Solar Council's Planetary Aid agent, and his companion, Peo, were taken to the castle which stood on a hill overlooking the area.

When Captain Albrekt Vebrug of the Flanjo intelligence service took over the Mars-Titan freighter _By Jove!_, it was no such terrestrial foolishness as mercy that prevented him from liquidating the...

Murdering Stein was easy.