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'A dark shape, slithering upon lurching tentacles, came from the lower ramp. In the edge of a tentacle fold a gleam of metallic tin appeared ... The xanthic eyes fixed upon the terrestrials and a tiny, fanned-shaped orifice in the base of the pyramidal head opened to emit guttural speech.' 'Denizens of Zeron.' J. H. Haggard, ASF 1937, Jan.
THE DIABOLICAL DRUG, by Clare Winger Harris
'One drop was all that he intended to inject, but when Nap felt the prick of the needle, he leapt wildly into the air, and before Edgar could withdraw the instrument, Nap had in his veins about ten drops. After a dazed second or two, Edgar thought the cat had disappeared, but upon closer observation, he perceived a faint gray streak near the floor moving with almost lightning-like rapidity around the room. Finally the streak disappeared and he saw flashes of color. These, he assumed, were the vibrations of Nap's wild cries increased until they entered the realm of vision. Then there was a puff of smoke, an instantaneous glare of fire, and Edgar knew that Nap had literally ignited, due to his friction with the air.'
FROM THE READERS' CORNER, ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE, March 1932.
'I will now proceed to write down a poem I composed especially for ASTOUNDING STORIES:
'Twas just a half a year ago, when first I came to know
That interesting magazine, ASTOUNDING STORIES.
In weeks to come it brought me dreams of other worlds
And all such things, of great adventures out in space.
That is the readers' paradise, ASTOUNDING STORIES.
It is a magazine which one can buy without too much
Uneconomy, ASTOUNDING STORIES.'
Henry A. Ackerman, aged 12.
Data entry by Judy Bemis
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