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Sci-Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space fiction. This group of six unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as secret research projects, underground robot organisations, a subjugated Earth, getting trapped in the void, alien minds, and strangers from Jupiter.

In a world where ambition knows no bounds, Sub-Archivist Clarey is determined to rise above the ordinary. But her quest for elevation takes an unexpected turn straight out of the tri-di dramas she’s grown up watching. Will she find a way to soar, or will her dreams remain grounded?

Bringing Evelyn E. Smith’s public domain works to life again, after a publication lapse of nearly three quarters of a century, has been a passion project for us. The satire and symbolism of her work is as relevant today as when these tales were written, in the latter decade of the 1950’s. Then, her stories and novellas were categorized as futuristic fantasy (or gothic romance, in some cases) for a relatively small market. One senses in her writing that Ms. Smith was creating her fiction more to amuse herself than to leave any lasting legacy — though she most certainly did so.

Part of the Evelyn E. Smith science fiction series published by Unforgotten Books, THE VILBAR PARTY AND OTHER STORIES contains some of the author's sharpest and wittiest works.