Future: Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1942

About this issue

This pulp magazine issue features nine original speculative fiction stories. The lead piece is F. Orlin Tremaine's complete novel "New Worlds," in which protagonist John Emmett is mysteriously summoned to serve as builder and deliverer for an unknown civilization. Two novelets accompany it: Martin Pearson's "The Key to the Dark Planet," concerning a strange mechanism from Pluto that conceals a deadly trap; and Carol Grey's "The Leapers," exploring eerie disappearances and victims ascending into the night sky. Five shorter tales complete the contents: Hugh Raymond's "Claggett's Folly" concerns a moon-landing contest; Ross Rocklynne's "The Creator" depicts an entity emerging from darkness; Oliver Saari's "The Cannibals" involves contact with incomprehensible otherworldly cannibals; Henry Andrew Ackermann's "Fanatics of Mercury" features a commander seeking book sales; and Millard Verne Gordon's "The Oomph Beasts" describes deadly fantastic creatures. Hugo Gernsback announces a cash-prize contest; an editor's book review discusses Arkham House's C.A. Smith collection.