Charles L. Fontenay 43 min read

How do you get rid of a superman? Masefield Truggles uses the tried-and-true Truggles method, digging for vulnerable spots in his neighbor's reputation, starting with the man's polygamous tendencies.

Charles L. Fontenay's 1956 story mines wry comedy and sharp social SF from a small-town busybody's campaign against a very unusual neighbor. Funny, clever golden-age SF. Read it for a droll tale about petty malice colliding with the next step in human evolution.

In its time

Published in 1956, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

43 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Paul Orban