Death Star by James McKimmey Jr. - Science Fiction Short Story

For twenty long unholy years Hurtz, the pilot, dreamed of retirement ... and found his "acre of heaven" on a Death Star. Death Star by James McKimmey Jr., that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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As TCBermy said in his review, “Sometimes they are great stories by someone you never heard of.” He just described James McKimmey Jr. He didn’t write a lot of science fiction and he isn’t very well known. Born in 1923 he grew up mostly in Red Cloud, Nebraska and then graduated from Omaha Central High School. After selling his first short story, he said, "I cared to do nothing as an occupation except write fiction."

Turn to page 68 in the September 1953 edition of “Planet Stories magazine” Death Star by James McKimmey Jr.

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Release date

Lydbog: 30. maj 2023