Nelson S. Bond 53 min read

Aboard the Chickadee II, Chip Warren scowls at his reflection, rips off one loud necktie and dons a gaudier one to match his mood, then spins to face his groaning shipmates in triumph.

Nelson S. Bond's 1941 story is a colorful, atmospheric horror-tinged space opera. Vivid, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a genial space-adventure that opens in high spirits and darkens toward menace, as a jaunty crew is drawn toward the deadly lure of the Lorelei death.

In its time

Published in 1941, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

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

Illustrated by

Don Lynch