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Outbreak by J*mes Wh*te [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Hearing Aid [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A tone-deaf man turns to technology to solve his problems. Great, dry, British humour abounds. 1982
Words: 3057 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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The Thing From Inner Space by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Thing in the Bedroom by W*ll**m H*pe H*dgs*n [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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
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Wetware [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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What Happened at Cambridge IV [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A man receives a sealed envelope with a dire warning attached. 1990
Words: 4093 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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David Langford Complete Bundle
by David Langford
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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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A Game of Consequences [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Serpent Eggs [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Cube Root [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Distressing Damsel [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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If Looks Could Kill [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Case That Never Was [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Motivation [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Case of Jack the Clipper [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator, unmasks a serial toenail thief. The implications are unexpectedly cosmic. 1997
Words: 2329 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Cold Spell [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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3.47 AM [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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
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Accretion [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Blossoms that Coil and Decay [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Connections [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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Lost Event Horizon by E.E. Sm*th [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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The Mad Gods' Omelette by M*ch**l M**rc*ck [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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
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Notes for a Newer Testament [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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A Snapshot Album [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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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.
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