Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 46 — page 124: what you’re looking at

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HIGHER Albert, hearing the sound of voices dying away into silence, _ and the scrape of chairs on the floor, put down his third cup of tea. The lecture must have about finished by now, and the Professor would probably need him to dismantle the apparatus and clear it out of the room. . He went to the door of the lecture theatre, and listened. Not a sound. He pushed it open a fraction, and peered round it. Not a person in the room, not even the Professor. He pushed the door right open and went in. The exit doors were still shut. Books lay on all the benches. He walked over to the black- board, and stopped in front of the apparatus. On the floor, one end tied to a bench, was a scarf. It STRANGER IN TIME by S. Gordon MATHEMATICS sloped up into the air, stretched taut, as though it were hang- ing over a cliff edge, support- ing a weight. But there was no edge visible, and the other end of the scarf was missing. it shifted slightly, and stretched a little more. “Blimey,” said Albert. He untied the end from the bench. Like lightning, the scarf whipped across the floor and into the air, and vanished. i “Liver,” said Albert. ““Must e 93 They*d left the apparatus switched on, wherever they’d gone. He went over and switched it off. First the power supply to the right, then the three reflectors on the left. ““‘Impractical, that’s what,” said Albert. “‘No telling what they'd do to themselves if it wasn’t for me, is there ?”’ is next month’s feature novel. Other stories include The Mutilants by R. C. Wingfield, Robot’s Gambit by Richard Wilson, The Bridge by Len Shaw, and Tryst by W. B. Johnson. Supporting non-fiction features include March of Science, Logic is fun, Planet Farms, Fanzine and Book Reviews. AUTHENTIC—A MONTHLY MUST! 123 comicloooks.com