J. Anthony Ferlaine 9 min read

There may be a town called Mars in Montana, but little Mrs. Freda Dunny, a contestant on the TV game show 'Parlor Quiz,' most certainly did not come from there.

J. Anthony Ferlaine's 1959 story spins a wry dystopian and social-SF tale from a television quiz show and a very unusual contestant. Sharp, clever golden-age SF. Read it for a genial story where a game-show host's ordinary afternoon turns up a guest who is not remotely what she seems.

In its time

Published in 1959, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

9 min read (a short story, a single idea, delivered and gone).