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Bio: David Langford is perhaps the most recognized fan writer of all time, having won a boatload of Hugo awards in that nonfiction category. His fanzine, Ansible (click on home page link below) is also widely recognized and has won many a Hugo award for Best Fanzine. Besides being a fan writer, Langford is a physicist and a well-known science fiction author, critic and regular columnist for the magazines SFX and Interzone. His short works have appeared in "Best of the Year" anthologies in both science fiction and horror genres, including the Hartwell, Wagner, Stephen Jones and Best of Interzone anthologies.


1. Very Short [2136 words]Outbreak by J*mes Wh*te by David Langford [Science Fiction/Humor]
2. Very Short [1925 words]The Thing From Inner Space by E.E. Sm*th by David Langford [Science Fiction]
3. Short [3057 words]Hearing Aid by David Langford [Science Fiction/Humor]
4. Short [5726 words]Out of Space, Out of Time by David Langford [Science Fiction/Horror]
5. Very Short [1689 words]Waiting for the Iron Age by David Langford [Science Fiction]
6. Short [5771 words]Too Good To Be by David Langford [Fantasy]
7. Very Short [1679 words]Duel of Words by Fr*nk H*rb*rt by David Langford [Science Fiction]
8. Short [3161 words]Heatwave by David Langford [Science Fiction]
9. Very Short [1989 words]The Final Days by David Langford [Science Fiction]
10. Very Short [2506 words]Encounter of Another Kind by David Langford [Science Fiction]
  1. Short [3893 words]Different Kinds of Darkness by David Langford [Science Fiction]
2. Short [3000 words]The Arts of the Enemy by David Langford [Fantasy/Humor]
3. Short [6420 words]If Looks Could Kill by David Langford [Science Fiction]
4. Short [3186 words]Answering Machine by David Langford [Science Fiction]
5. Short [5623 words]The Distressing Damsel by David Langford [Fantasy/Humor]
6. Very Short [1679 words]Duel of Words by Fr*nk H*rb*rt by David Langford [Science Fiction]
7. Very Short [1244 words]Wetware by David Langford [Science Fiction]
8. Short [5382 words]The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech by David Langford [Mystery/Crime/Science Fiction]
9. Short [5726 words]Out of Space, Out of Time by David Langford [Science Fiction/Horror]
10. Short [3602 words]The Lions in the Desert by David Langford [Science Fiction/Humor]

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1 Outbreak by J*mes Wh*te [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  This alien-contact-style parody of the James White "Sector General" stories displays some of Langford's typical dry British humour. 1985

Words: 2136 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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2 Hearing Aid [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A tone-deaf man turns to technology to solve his problems. Great, dry, British humour abounds. 1982

Words: 3057 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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3 The Thing From Inner Space by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Once again Cosmic Agent Mac Malsenn from "Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid" confronts his nemesis, the arch-fiend Nivek, in the unfamiliar arena of subatomic miniaturization. Guaranteed to be even sillier than The Girl in the Golden Atom. 1976

Words: 1925 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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4 The Thing in the Bedroom by W*ll**m H*pe H*dgs*n [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator (Langford's send-up of Carnacki the Ghost-Finder) tackles a perverse and raunchy haunting. Not for young readers! Selected by Karl Edward Wagner for Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII. 1984

Words: 3716 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Horror
17 Reader Ratings:
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5 Wetware [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Short-short narrated by a self-aware home computer which seems to have some odd built-in limitations. For its own good, of course. Maybe. But why is it called the Faustmatic, anyway? 1984

Words: 1244 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
41 Reader Ratings:
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6 What Happened at Cambridge IV [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A man receives a sealed envelope with a dire warning attached. 1990

Words: 4093 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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7 David Langford Complete Bundle
by David Langford
  A convenient way for you to add all of David Langford's works to your bookshelf at one time. [When you add a bundle to your cart, any eBooks you already own are automatically removed. You can't accidentally buy the same story twice.]

Words: 38969 - Reading Time: 111-155 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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8 A Game of Consequences [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Langford is known for his comedy, but this story is more horrifying than funny. It traces the development of scientists in their youth, noting the dangerous games they tend to play, and extrapolates this to a future project that may be the last game of all for humanity. Langford tells us that the teenage stunts portrayed here are "largely biographical," making this story even more chilling. 1998

Words: 3545 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
134 Reader Ratings:
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9 Serpent Eggs [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  On a remote island something has fallen from the sky ... something dreadful. 1994 Year's Best Horror Selection

Words: 4802 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Horror
132 Reader Ratings:
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10 Cube Root [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A military exercise spins out of control and a small unit must somehow cope with the inevitable. 1985 British Science Fiction Award Winner

Words: 5691 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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11 The Distressing Damsel [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there lived a princess who developed an unfortunate social problem... This is a classic example of Langford humor. 1984

Words: 5623 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Fantasy
249 Reader Ratings:
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12 If Looks Could Kill [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A send-up of pulp detective stories that mixes detective work with odd paranormal-ability-laden superheros. 1992

Words: 6420 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
Category: Science Fiction
102 Reader Ratings:
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13 The Case That Never Was [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator, tackles the most baffling, sinister and generally unbelievable haunting of his career. It is the case that he will be unable to remember...." 2001

Words: 2120 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
44 Reader Ratings:
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14 The Motivation [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A slightly psi-gifted young man in a dead-end job tries his hand at investigating a horrific past crime. [Selected for Karl Edward Wagner's The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII.] 1989

Words: 5632 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Science Fiction
29 Reader Ratings:
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15 The Case of Jack the Clipper [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator, unmasks a serial toenail thief. The implications are unexpectedly cosmic. 1997

Words: 2329 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
29 Reader Ratings:
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16 Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Can it be coincidence that the surname of the rip-roaring space-opera hero Mac Malsenn is an anagram of Lensman? 1979 British Science Fiction Award Nominee

Words: 4469 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Science Fiction
85 Reader Ratings:
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17 Cold Spell [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  England is full of traditional village folk dances, and one of them may be more important and magical than all the rest. At least, everyone seems strangely worried when a rebellious youngster refuses to play his part at the winter solstice.... 1980

Words: 3606 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Horror
21 Reader Ratings:
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18 3.47 AM [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  An unusual horror story of recurring nightmares somehow connected with a bedside digital clock. Selected by Karl Edward Wagner for The Year's Best Horror: Series XII. 1983

Words: 3458 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Science Fiction
35 Reader Ratings:
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19 Accretion [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Literary fable with a hint of Jorge Luis Borges. Suppose all the world's writers worked together (as one French critic actually suggested) and set their stories in the same imaginary city? Could the dream become real? 1977

Words: 2326 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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20 Blossoms that Coil and Decay [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  A feverish stew of decadence and fin-de-siecle corruption, with epigrams swapped at the Cafe Royal, walk-on parts for Wilde, Whistler, Swinburne and many more, all through the magic of virtual reality.... 1992

Words: 2447 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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21 Connections [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  What violence has to be done to physics as we know it, to allow a working matter transmitter? Full of ingenuity and paradox, this story explores the field of Anomalous Physics that became central to Langford's SF novel The Space Eater. 1978

Words: 3956 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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22 Lost Event Horizon by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Once again Cosmic Agent Mac Malsenn from "Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid" confronts his nemesis, the arch-fiend Nivek, in a titanic conflict which may well destroy the entire universe--and more! 1984

Words: 2966 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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23 The Mad Gods' Omelette by M*ch**l M**rc*ck [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Knockabout fun as Erryj of Murble, doomed prince of no fixed abode, is fated again and again to wield his terrible weapon Slugbane. Michael Moorcock, creator of the doomed hero Elric, merely gnashes his teeth at this parody. 1984

Words: 3123 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Fantasy
14 Reader Ratings:
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24 Notes for a Newer Testament [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Small wars and mayhem in post-holocaust Britain, where much technology has been lost but the symbols of the old world still command awe--and may still be a key to unexpected power. 1985

Words: 2827 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
15 Reader Ratings:
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25 A Snapshot Album [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
  Amid the lovingly described landscapes of North Wales, our narrator is plagued by illness and mysterious inner timeslips that make a single eyeblink seem half an eternity. Can he convince a sceptical outsider of what's happening? 1991

Words: 3966 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Science Fiction
13 Reader Ratings:
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