Robert Abernathy 1 hr 16 min read

As the Third Reich crumbles in ruin across Europe, an American recon column races deep into the Black Forest, on what one soldier grimly calls treasure hunting.

Robert Abernathy's 1949 story blends the end of World War II with alternate history and time travel in a taut tale. Sharp, atmospheric golden-age SF. Read it for a story where the last days of the Reich open, unexpectedly, onto a doorway between timelines.

In its time

Published in 1949, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

1 hr 16 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Earl Mayan