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Faddist

The short story **Faddist** was originally published in January 1966.

## Blurb

"He had promised Elaine that he would tend her garden organically. And he kept his word."

-- *Bizarre Mystery Magazine*, Jan 1966

## Online text

The story is available online at:

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Bizarre Mystery Magazine*, Jan 1966
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Caretaker

## Caretaker

### *Published*

July 1953

The short story **Caretaker** was originally published in July 1953.

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Baen.com (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)

### Audio

* *X Minus One*, aired 30 Jan 1957 (radio drama)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Jul 1953
* *Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction*, edited by H.L. Gold, 1954
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Mossback

A **mossback** is a native creature of the Diamondwood forests on Wrake. It is a turtle cognate, possessing the rounded top shell and flat bottom shell of an Earth turtle. Unlike turtles, they have and extra set of limbs. In addition to the four legs, a Wrake mossback also has a pair of heavy arms ending in three-fingered hands that are used when feeding.

Mossbacks are so called due to a plant that grows on their upper shells, giving them an almost furry appearance. They are also incredibly long-lived, and will often sleep for years at a time. The central minds of the Diamondwood ecosystems, mossbacks are extremely intelligent, long-range planners, always working to protect their home.

Sam, the largest of the mossbacks, lives in the Queen Grove, and has been used for transportation around the farm by generations of children.

## In the works

Mossbacks appear in the following work:

* "Balanced Ecology"
Olnea

**Olnea** is one of the playable champions in Champion Dimensions.

## Background

Olnea Lloyd the Supreme is the Headmaster of the Wizarding School and a well known Sorceress in the Adriel Realm. She once helped the King of Azur, Eucleon in finding a cure for his young son Edon. Many denizens of the Adriel Realm suspect Olnea is not of this realm and gained her powers from an unknown higher force. Olnea though didn't deny the theory since it is close to how it actually happened.

## Abilities

### **Passive: Protector**

* All allies within Olnea's vicinity regenerate armor every 0.2s.

### **Ability 1: Energy Wall**

* Construct a wall of energy in front of you that blocks all damage for 2s.
* **Cooldown:** 2s

### **Ability 2: Spell Blast**

* Fire a magic blast in front of you.
* **Cooldown:** 4s

### **Ultimate: Supreme**

* Create a damaging aura around you which locks onto all nearby enemies and damages them.
* **Cooldown:** 100s

## Gallery

Bruna • Dusty • Mirage
**Defender**

**Olnea** • Zelgius
**Specialist**

Harrison • Percy • Soran • Tess
**Tank**

Edon • Heidi • Lady Crimson • Vector
**Support**

Artis • Pheror
**Utility**
Gabby

**Gabby** is a humbug on the planet Wrake. Along with his companion Lying Lou, he often spies for Auris Luteel, eavesdropping and then repeating back what he has heard at high speed to save time.

When Terokaw tried to take over the farm, Gabby and Lying Lou imitated Auris and Ilf, leading their pursuers astray to protect the children.

## In the works

Gabby appears in the following work:

* "Balanced Ecology"
Series

Many of Schmitz's works fall into three loose series.

## Confederacy of Vega

Four stories are part of the Vega universe.

* Agent of Vega
* The Truth About Cushgar
* The Second Night of Summer
* The Illusionists

These have been collected into anthologies:

* *Agent of Vega*
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*

## The Federation of the Hub

The Hub universe encompasses the majority of Schmitz's series work. Two of his more popular characters, Trigger Argee and Telzey Amberdon live in the Hub, and most of his Hub stories involve one or the other (and sometimes both). Two of Schmitz's rare novels are also set in the Hub, *Legacy* and *The Demon Breed*.

When Baen Books re-published Schmitz's work as part of a larger project to resurrect the work of classic science fiction authors, the Hub stories were collected into a four volume series entitled *The Complete Federation of the Hub*:

* *Telzey Amberdon*
* *T'nT: Telzey & Trigger*
* *Trigger & Friends*
* *The Hub: Dangerous Territory*

## Witches of Karres

Schmitz only wrote the first Karres novel. Years after his death other science fiction writers, who credited him as being a major influence on their own work, co-authored sequels forming a series and expanding the Karres universe.

* *The Witches of Karres*
* *The Wizard of Karres*
* *The Sorceress of Karres*
* *The Shaman of Karres*
Telzey Amberdon (collection)

***Telzey Amberdon*** is a collection edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon. It was published in mass market paperback by Baen Books in 2000, as part of a larger project to resurrect the work of several classic science fiction writers.

This volume was the first in the series 'The Complete Federation of the Hub.'

## Contents

* Novice
* Undercurrents
* Poltergeist
* Goblin Night
* Sleep No More
* The Lion Game
* Blood of Nalakia
* The Star Hyacinths
* Afterword: The Federation of the Hub: An Overview

## Online text

The collection is available online at:

* Freedoors
* Internet Archive

## Awards

* Nomination (Polled 3), Locus Award (Best collection), 2001

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* Baen.com, 2000
* Paw Prints, 2008
Orden del Manantial

**Orden del Manantial** fueron un grupo de sabios que antiguamente usaban el poder de El Manantial para ayudar al mundo en general.

## Historia

El Manantial, antiguamente, en la época dónde no había monstruos era una agrupación de sabios que tenía muchos templos por el mundo conocido en los que se estudiaba la energía mística que transmitía El Manantial.

## Maestros y novicios

Los novicios eran una especie de aprendices que estudiaban con sus maestros El Manantial.

## Los primeros monstruos

Tres novicios decidieron colarse en la cámara del Manantial. El primer día decidieron quedar allí todas las noches. Por la energía del Manantial, empezaron a tener pesadillas sobre monstruos. Los nombres de los niños eran Ruxus, Soluxin y Daranix. Un día, Daranix habló sobre sus pesadillas y todos los niños juntaron sus horribles pesadillas en un bestiario. Cuándo lo acabaron, se lo ofrecieron al Manantial y este empezó a eructar los monstruos. Ruxus y Soluxin salieron a tiempo, pero Daranix fue asesinado por un cegador.
Sterling

**Voiced by:** Nathan Fillion

**Sterling** is a billionaire businesscar who purschased Rust-eze.

## Bio

Sterling, a smart and dashing businesscar, runs one of the largest racing centers in the country. Sterling has invested a lot of money in Lightning McQueen, and he wants to make sure his investment pays off.
Pete Jeffries

**Pete Jeffries** is a neighbor of the Masters Fishing Camp, and the owner of the dog Old Battler. He and his wife owned the farm two miles down the road toward town, and provided the camp with most of its provisions.

Pete never saw Greenface. He thought the dog, who was his poaching partner, was killed by game wardens.

## In the works

Pete appears in the following work:

* "Greenface"
Watch the Sky

The short story **Watch the Sky** was originally published in August 1962.

## Blurb

"It's one thing to try to get away with what you believe to be a lie and be caught at it -- and something different, and far worse sometimes, to find it isn't a lie..."

-- *Analog*, Aug 1962

## Synopsis

A group conspires to advance the interests of a backwater planet. But when the lie at the heart of the conspiracy turns out to be true, what are they to do?

## Characters

* William Boles
* Phil Boles
* Beulah Boles
* Susan Feeney
* Commissioner Sanford
* Ronald Black
* Norman Vaughn
* Celia Adams
* Wayne Jackson
* Dr. Fitzsimmons
* Silas Thayer
* Cranehart
* Admiral McKenna

## Locations

* Fort Roye, Roye, 132nd Segment, Space Territories

## Terminology

* Gunderland Battle
* Tupa
* Colonial Labor Union
* Geest War
* Duplicator
* Geest

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)
* ManyBooks (original text)
* Project Gutenberg (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Aug 1962
* *Agent of Vega*, 1960
* *The Winds of Time and Other Stories*, 2008
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*, 2001
A Nice Day for Screaming (story)

The short story **A Nice Day for Screaming** was originally published in January 1965.

## Blurb

"Sometimes, in deep space, it may be hard to tell the cargo from the owners of a ship..."

-- *Analog*, Jan 1965

## Synopsis

Keth Deboll's first broadcast from pseudospace is interrupted in a moment of sheer terror.

## Characters

* Keth Deboll
* Furnay
* Captain Roan

## Locations

* Orado
* Space Three (Pseudospace)

## Terminology

* Marsar Shift
* Marsar Field

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Baen.com (edited by Eric Flint)
* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Jan 1965
* *A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub*, 1965
* *The Hub: Dangerous Territory*, 2001
Planet of Forgetting

The novelette **Planet of Forgetting** was originally published in February 1965. It was later edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon in order to fit it into the Hub universe. The edited version was published under the tile *Forget It*.

## Characters

* Major Wade Colgrave
* Jerry Redman
* Colonel Ajoran
* Hace

## Locations

* Rala
* Lorn Worlds

## Terminology

* Sigma File
* Fleegle
* Talada

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Baen Free Library via Internet Archive (original text)
* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon)
* Internet Archive (original text)

## Awards

* Nomination, Nebula Award (Novelette), 1966

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for both *Planet of Forgetting* and *Forget It*.

* *Galaxy Magazine*, Feb 1965
* *World's Best Science Fiction*, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, 1966
* *World's Best Science Fiction: Second Series*, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, 1970
* *Trigger & Friends*, 2001
* *Original Edition of Edited Schmitz Stories*, 2005
Geoffrey Bryant

**Geoffrey Bryant** was a businessman. In partnership with Markus Menzies, he made a great deal of money. They were both in love with Eileen Howard, and both felt responsible for her accidental death. The grief and bitterness it engendered caused them to dissolve their partnership. Geoffrey retired soon after, choosing to live off his wealth and enjoy his life, rather than amassing more money.

## In the works

Markus appears in the following work:

* "Would You?"
Wrake

The planet of **Wrake** is known for its Diamondwood forests, though there are less than forty such forests on the planet. Most of the planet is hot and dry or hot and steamy, with limited cool, moutain areas where the forests grow.

Diamonwood forests exist in a delicately balnced ecology that cannot be duplicated on other worlds. In order to preserve this unique resource, the Diamondwood farmers of Wrake signed agreements with the Federation to turn the forests into Federation preserves, with the families retaining the right to limited and slective cutting. Under this regulation, the forests are thriving.

## In the works

The planet Wrake appears in the following work:

* "Balanced Ecology"
Sour Note on Palayata

The novelette **Sour Note on Palayata** was originally published in November 1956.

## Blurb

"For every advance in exploring the macrocosmic, Man has made an advance in exploring the microcosm. The farther out we go -- the farther inward we may have to explore, too!"

-- *Astounding Science Fiction*, Nov 1956

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Astounding Science Fiction*, Nov 1956
* *The Best of James H. Schmitz*, 1991
* *Trigger & Friends*, 2001
Compulsion

The novelette **Compulsion** was originally published in June 1970, and was clearly intended to be a sequel to *The Pork Chop Tree*. In more recent anthologies *The Pork Chop Tree* is listed as a prologue to *Compulsion*.

## Blurb

"That plants could produce addictive metabolites was old -- but the Siren pseudotrees had something else going for them, and Telzey found it was enormously more than she'd bargained for!"

-- *Analog*, Jun 1970

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Jun 1970
* *The Telzey Toy*, 1973
* *The Telzey Toy and Other Stories*, 1984
* *T'nT: Telzey & Trigger*, 2000
The Witches of Karres (novel)

***The Witches of Karres*** was originally published as a short story in 1949, then expanded to a full novel in 1966. It was later edited by Eric Flint and republished by Baen Books as a mass market paperback in 2001, then a hardcover in 2004.

Several sequels, *The Wizard of Karres*, *The Sorceress of Karres* and *The Shaman of Karres*, were later written by other authors to form a series.

## Blurb

"Hurrah for kindness, virtue and free enterprise!

"Young Captain Pausert, of the independent planet Nikkeldepain, has gone alone, on a private trading venture in his own vessel, to Porlumma, a border planet of the Empire (Galactic, that is).

"Here, he finds three helpless and attractive little girls, held as slaves by a cruel master, and buys them in a spirit of generosity. The cruel master seems relieved, oddly enough.

"Goth, Maleen and the Leewit (not Leewit, ***the*** Leewit), as the charming trio are named, soon demonstrate why their former owner can now relax. And why Pausert can't!

"The poor fellow has adopted three of the notorious Witches of Karres, inhabitants of a mystery planet which moves around, in space. Furthermore, these charming children themselves are teleports, a talent used chiefly for theft, and also masters of other hidden and weird powers.

"In no time at all, Pausert has the whole Galaxy pursuing him and his passengers, including the law-enforcement authorities of his own planet. Hurried into desperate flight, a ***new*** power of the three elfin children appears, the Sheewash Drive. It simply raises a spaceship's speed to a degree that it enters another dimension and reappears billions of mils away. And there is more!

"For the hapless Pausert is now involved in a war spanning the entire universe, with aliens, humans, and forces all beyond his comprehension. What a plight for an innocent, young trader. And how to get out?

"James Schmitz has done it again, deftly building a rollicking, boisterous tale of the future into the grand dimensions of an outre classic.*The Witches of Karres* combines humor, suspense and magic in unforgettable portions."

-- Dust jacket blurb, Chilton, 1968

## Online texts

The novel is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (edited by Eric Flint)

## Awards

* Finalist, Hugo Award (Best novel), 1967
* Nomination (Polled 36), Locus Award (All-time best novel), 1975
* Nomination (Polled 31), Locus Award (All-time best SF novel), 1987
* Nomination (Polled 46), Locus Award (All-time best SF novel before 1990), 1998

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
The Second Night of Summer

The novelette **The Second Night of Summer** was originally published in December 1950.

## Blurb

"Throwing a person to the wolves to save the rest is never a pleasant solution. In this case it was an entire world!"

-- *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Dec 1950

## Synopsis

A fleet of warships surrounds Noorhut, ready to destroy the entire planet on command. It seems the strange glowing globes that have been appearing in a hollow on Grimp's father's farm are the advanced scouts for a Halpa invasion. But what can Grandma Wannattel and her patent medicine trailer (pulled by a rhinocerine pony) do to stop them?

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)

## Awards

* Nomination below cutoff, Retro Hugo Award (Best novelette), 2001

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Dec 1950
* *Possible Worlds of Science Fiction*, edited by Groff Conklin, 1951
* *Agent of Vega*, 1960
* *The Best of James H. Schmitz*, 1991
* *The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories*, edited by Tom Shippey, 1992
* *The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition*, edited by Gardner Dozois, 1998
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*, 2001
The Hub: Dangerous Territory

***The Hub: Dangerous Territory*** is a collection edited by Eric Flint. It was published in mass market paperback by Baen Books in 2001, as part of a larger project to resurrect the work of several classic science fiction writers.

## Contents

* The Searcher
* Grandpa
* Balanced Ecology
* A Nice Day for Screaming
* The Winds of Time
* The Machmen
* The Other Likeness
* Attitudes
* Trouble Tide
* The Demon Breed
* Afterword
* Recurring characters in the Hub series

 Online text

The collection is available online at:

* Freedoors

## Publication history

For a detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Ham Sandwich

The short story **Ham Sandwich** was originally published in June 1963.

## Blurb

"It gets difficult to handle the problem of a man who has a real talent that you need badly -- and he cannot use it if he knows it's honest!"

-- *Analog*, Jun 1963

## Characters

* Wallace Cavender
* Mavis Greenfield
* Aloys Ormond
* Reuben Jeffries
* Eleanor Folsom
* Dexter Jones
* Perrie Rochelle

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Internet Archive (original text)
* ManyBooks (original text)
* Project Gutenberg (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Jun 1963
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Summer Guests

The novelette **Summer Guests** was originally published in September 1959.

## Blurb

"No birds were these, and surely not of a feather, and there was no need to tell Mel by the company he kept -- it told him!"

-- *If*, Sep 1959

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Baen.com (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)
* ManyBooks (original text)
* Project Gutenberg (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *If*, Sep 1959
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Sleep No More

Illustration by John Schoenherr, Analog, 1965

The short story **Sleep No More** was originally published in August 1965.

## Blurb

"What evidence we have on psi talents indicates that psi and intelligence are independent variables. Telzey found there was one very psi-talented, and very carnivorous beast... which wasn't smart, but very alert..."

-- *Analog*, Aug 1965

## Synopsis

In the sequel to "Goblin Night," Telzey faces a living weapon intent on destroying her.

## Characters

* Telzey Amberdon
* Robane
* Bozo

## Locations

* Pehanron College, Orado
* Robane's house, Melna Park, Orado
* Cil Canyon, Melna Park, Orado

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Aug 1965
* *The Analog Anthology #1*, edited by Stanley Schmidt, 1980
* *Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology*, edited by Stanley Schmidt, 1981
* *Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog*, edited by Stanley Schmidt, 1982
* *6 Decades: The Best of Analog*, edited by Stanley Schmidt, 1986
* *Telzey Amberdon*, 2000
Markus Menzies

**Markus Menzies** was a businessman. In partnership with Geoffrey Bryant, he made a great deal of money. They were both in love with Eileen Howard, and both felt responsible for her accidental death. The grief and bitterness it engendered caused them to dissolve their partnership. Markus went on to accrue even greater wealth, eventually retiring to a mountain chalet in the Alps in Lichtenstein.

## In the works

Markus appears in the following work:

* "Would You?"
Blood of Nalakia

The novelette **Blood of Nalakia** was originally published in December 1953 under the title *The Vampirate*.

## Blurb

"Occasionally, hard-headed science is embarrassed to find that there is basic truth in what it believed for years to be but wild superstition. A spectacular case in point was the use of quinine bark by the natives of South America to aid in the prevention and control of malaria. For decades the white man suffered from the disease and refused to admit the medicinal value of quinine. Many legends, many superstitions, such as vampires, have been investigated at great length by scholars like Montague Summers, but believed by few. The future exploration of the planets is certain to uncover evidence, scientifically verifiable, of the existence of alien races, with --to us-- shocking and horrifying, nightmarish physical natures."

-- *Science-Fiction Plus*, Dec 1953

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for both *The Vampirate* and *Blood of Nalakia*.

* *Science-Fiction Plus*, Dec 1953
* *Telzey Amberdon*, 2000
Gone Fishing

The novelette **Gone Fishing** was originally published in May 1961.

## Blurb

"There is no predictable correlation between intelligence and ethics, nor is ruthlessness necessarily an evil thing. And there is nothing like enforced, uninterrupted contemplation to learn to distinguish one from another..."

-- *Analog*, May 1961

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)
* ManyBooks (original text)
* Project Gutenberg (original text)

## Awards

* Honorable Mention, Hugo Award (Best short fiction), 1962

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, May 1961
* *Five-Odd*, edited by Groff Conklin, 1964
* *Possible Tomorrows*, edited by Groff Conklin, 1972
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*, 2001

## Illustrations

Interior illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel (as 'by Krenkel')
Aura of Immortality

The short story **Aura of Immortality** was originally published in May 1974.

## Blurb

"Professor Mantelish, scientist-extraordinary of the Hub Civilization, here matches wits with his arch-enemy, Paes Fiam -- who is on the scent of immortality. Or is it the other way around? Better by far to enter a den of serpents than a scientist's laboratory uninvited!"

-- *Worlds of If*, May-Jun 1974

## Synopsis

When Professor Mantelish is indiscreet during an impromptu interview, his enemies believe he has discovered the key to immortality. They hold him hostage in his lab, demanding he give them his immortality serum.

## Characters

* Holati Tate
* Professor Mantelish
* Trigger Argee
* Paes Fiam
* Welk

## Terminology

* Tang
* Rumlian fire roach

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Internet Archive (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Worlds of If*, May-Jun 1974
* *Trigger & Friends*, 2001

## Translations

German:

* *Im Bann der Unsterblichkeit*, translated by Jörg Peters, Ullstein, 1980
Would You?

The short story **Would You?** was originally published in December 1969.

## Blurb

"Suppose -- just suppose -- that you were offered the opportunity to play God with your past life..."

-- *Fantastic*, Dec 1969

## Synopsis

When his former business partner invites him to dinner, Geoffrey has a remarkable to chance to alter the course his life has taken.

## Characters

* Markus Menzies
* Geoffrey Bryant
* Eileen Howard

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Internet Archive (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Fantastic*, Dec 1969
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Rogue Psi

### *Published*

August 1962

The novelette **Rogue Psi** was originally published in August 1962.

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)
* Project Gutenberg (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Amazing Stories*, Aug 1962
* *Strange Fantasy*, Summer 1970
* *The Best From Amazing Stories*, edited by Ted White, 1973
* *Agent of Vega*, 1960
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*, 2001
Time drainage

The concept of **time drainage** is based on the principle of there being two kinds of time: 'TIME,' which is "the time through which the world all about is progresses," ("Where the Time Went") and 'time,' which is individual, subjective time, made up of time particles. Time particles can be drained from a bored person who has too much time on his hands, and transferred to a busy person who doesn't have quite enough time to get everything done.

The organization which oversees these transfers ensures that the (usually) unknowing donor is compensated appropriately. It also polices the criminal draining of time, catching the guilty parties and returning time to the victims. Time drainage can be measured with a drainometer.

## In the works

Time drainage appears in the following work:

* "Where the Time Went"
3ft Evil Clown

The 3ft Evil Clown is an animated halloween decoration made in 2014, 2015 , 2016 and 2017. It is a clown that stands at 36" tall, wearing a yellow, blue and red costume, scary makeup and large red shoes. When activated, the clown's head and arms move in a motionette like fashion as his eyes glow red and he laughs maniacally with screams and carnival music in the background.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at CVS Pharmacy in 2014, 2015 and 2016. sold at Home depot Canada in 2017

• the original cvs 2014 model spoke a long phrase and said “welcome to the halloween circus along with the normal music track playing in the background, unlike the 2015,2016 and 2017 models only having the music and laughing track.

• the 2014 model featured fabric covered hard plastic shoes, while the 2015, 2016 & 2017 models had plastic flimsy shoes

• the 2016 model featured a blue and white outfit looking identical to the spirit halloween 2016 evil clown. both items are made my PAC

**TRIVIA**

• in 2016 all cvs pharmacys had the 3ft animated clown and all clown related items recalled due to the “killer clowns 2016 incident, where people would dress up as clowns and stalk and kill people.
Trouble Tide

The novelette **Trouble Tide** was originally published in May 1965.

## Blurb

"You can, by mutation and selective breeding, adapt Earth life-forms to another planet. But that doesn't mean that the other planet life-forms are going to adapt to you!"

-- *Analog*, May 1965

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, May 1965
* *Elsewhere and Elsewhen*, edited by Groff Conklin, 1968
* *The Hub: Dangerous Territory*, 2001
Aldea de Ixa y Rauxan

La aldea de Ixa y Rauxan fue atacada por los escuálidos en una noche en la que, como de costumbre, acendieron las hogueras para repeler a esos monstruos, pero se puso a llover muy fuerte y las hogueras se apagaron. Entonces los escuálidos entraron en el enclave, y sólo hubo tres supervivientes (Ixa, Rauxan y Umax), además de que el enclave quedó destruído. Llegaron a la aldea de Axlin con el cabello largo, lo que sorprendió a sus habitantes, porque en la ella hay dedoslargos, la causa de que se corten el pelo.

Axlin descubre gracias a ellos que existen otros monstruos distintos .

Estos se van hacia La Ciudadela junto al anciano que las acompaña, pero no se sabe si alcanzaron su destino o están muertos.
The Truth About Cushgar

The novelette **The Truth About Cushgar** was originally published in November 1950.

## Blurb

"Sometimes it isn't good national policy to win too easily -- and sometimes the most powerful weapon is the enemy's conviction that he doesn't understand..."

-- *Astounding Science Fiction*, Nov 1950

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Astounding Science Fiction*, Nov 1950
* *Agent of Vega*, 1960
* *Agent of Vega and Other Stories*, 2001
Lifesize Zombie Horse

The Lifesize Zombie Horse is a life sized Halloween prop made in 2018. It is a gray horse with numerous scars and flesh holes in its body revealing muscle, bone and blood. The horse has a deeply rotted face that is completely muscle and skull. The horse also wears reins. When activated, the horse's eyes glow red as he makes scary noises.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Home Depot in 2018.
The Ties of Earth

The novella **The Ties of Earth** was originally published in two parts in November 1955 and January 1956.

## Blurbs

Part 1
"What was happening to Commager did worse than make no sense -- it made too much sense -- but which was true and which was not?"

-- *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Nov 1955

Part 2
"You bet Commager had problem! He could smash the conspiracy and not escape alive... or capitulate to it and lose his mind!"

-- *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Jan 1956

## Online text

The story is available online at:

Part One

* Internet Archive (original text)

Part Two

* Internet Archive (original text)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Galaxy Science Fiction*, Nov 1955 and Jan 1956
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002

## Illustrations

Interior illustrations by Ed Emshwiller (as 'by Emsh')
Lifesize Crouching Werewolf

The Crouching Werewolf is an animated halloween lifesize made

   in 2018 and 2019. It is a brown werewolf hunched over and standing on all fours. When activated, the werewolf moves its head up and down with a moving mouth and lighted eyes while howling.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at the Home Depot in 2018 and 2019.
The Machmen

The short story **The Machmen** was originally published in September 1964.

## Blurb

"Total co-operation and communication between men is a wonderful thing. Nothing like it! But it does, also, have certain slight flaws..."

-- *Analog*, Sep 1964

## Synopsis

When Machmen take over the station, it's left to the survey team's psychologist to stop the invasion single-handed.

## Characters

* Jeslin
* Ald
* Hulida
* Govant

## Locations

* Lederet
* University of Rangier

## Terminology

* Pointer
* Machmen
* I-Fleet

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Sep 1964
* *A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub*, 1965
* *The Hub: Dangerous Territory*, 2001
Redmon

**Redmon** is a town mentioned in "An Incident on Route 12." When Phil Garfield has car trouble, he is traveling on Route 12, about 30 miles south of Redmon.

The real Redmon, Illinois is nowhere near the real US Route 12, being far south of it. The real Route 12 passes through Chicago and Gary, Indiana, circling the southern edge of Lake Michigan, before turning northeast for Detroit. The real Redmon is in Edgar County, Illinois, northwest of Terre Haute, Indiana.

## In the works

The town of Redmon is mentioned in the following work:

* "An Incident on Route 12"

## See also

* Wikipedia: "Redmon, Illinois"
* Wikipedia: "U.S. Route 12"
Lifesize Pirate Skeleton

The lifesize Pirate Skeleton is a lifesize halloween decoration made in 2015 and 2016. It is a skeletal pirate with a skeleton parrot on his left shoulder, a sword in his left hand, a hook for a right hand, and a right peg leg. Two versions were made: a Green coat version and a Blue Coat version. When activated, the pirate's mouth moves and his eyes light up as he speaks and converses with his parrot, whose eyes also light up red. Hello people

## Where it Was Sold

The Green coat version was sold at CVS in 2015.

The Blue Coat version was sold at Home Depot in 2016.
3ft Pirate Skeleton (2019)

The 3ft Pirate Skeleton is a 2019 remake of the [[3ft Pirate Skeleton|3ft Pirate

   Skeleton]] with candy dish in 2018. It is identical to the former but lacks a candy dish and has human hands. When activated, the pirate's mouth moves and his eyes light up as his arms move around and he speaks a phrase.

   [[3ft Pirate Skeleton|3ft Pirate

   Skeleton]] with candy dish in 2018. It is identical to the former but lacks a candy dish and has human hands. When activated, the pirate's mouth moves and his eyes light up as his arms move around and he speaks phrases.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Home Depot in 2019.
The Telzey Toy (story)

The novelette **The Telzey Toy** was originally published in January 1971. It was later re-published under the title *Ti's Toys*.

## Blurb

"It wasn't so much that Telzey bit off more than she could chew -- but that somebody suddenly took her teeth away!"

-- *Analog*, Jan 1971

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for both *The Telzey Toy* and *Ti's Toys*.

* *Analog*, Jan 1971
* *The Telzey Toy*, 1973
* *The Telzey Toy and Other Stories*, 1984
* *T'nT: Telzey & Trigger*, 2000
6 ft werewolf

The the 6 ft werewolf was a decoration with candy corn teeth and a frightening appearance he costs 69.99

Where was he sold

at cvs in 2017

with the monster set in 2018, 2019 and 2020 for $300 dollars ($299.99)in 2018 and for $299.00 in 2019-2020

Trivia

he is only 6 ft werewolf animatronic made with out the set

He has a different appearance in the monster set
Scary Clown Lawn Stakes

The Scary Clown Lawn Stakes are a set of lighted halloween decorations made from ()-present. Each stake consists of a zombified clown head with neon makeup, large red noses and realistic pink hair. When activated by sound, each clown's eyes light up and lights inside its head changes colors as they laugh and make other scary noises.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Spirit Halloween in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Bobblehead Butler

The Bobblehead Butler is an animated halloween decoration

   made from 2012-present. It features a three foot tall zombie like butler with white hair, a black suit, a red towel over his left arm and a silver serving tray in his hands. As the name implies, the butler's head bobbles up and down while operating. When activated, the butler's mouth moves while his eyes light up red, and he speaks phrases. Two versions exist, one with bare LED Eyes and one with plastic eyes.

## Details

* 36" (3') Tall
* Animated, mouth moves
* Red LED Eyes

## Trivia

* This item was sold at a variety of retailers from 2012 to now, including Walgreens, CVS, the Home Depot and Stop and Shop.
* It is currently available at Stop and Shop for $50 in 2019.
* This is one of PAC's most popular items, and was the first in their 3ft character line. It spawned numerous variations after its creation and success, including Skeleton versions.
* The butler has an adjustable head that can be positioned to look either forward or slightly to the right.
3ft Pirate Skeleton

the 3ft Pirate Skeleton is an animated Halloween decoration made in 2018. It is a 36" tall skeleton pirate in a dark green coat with gold linings, an eyepatch, a black hat and red cloth cap, black pants and a fluffy white undershirt. The pirate also holds a candy dish in its hand. When activated, the pirate's eye lights up as his mouth moves to a spooky phrase.
Rauxan

**Rauxan** junto a Ixa y Umax es uno de los supervivientes a la destrucción de su enclave por unos escuálidos.

## Apariciones

### En El Bestiario de Axlin

Cuándo destruyen su enclave va hacia la aldea de Vexus para refugiarse. Se siente un poco mal cuándo le cortan el pelo. Él y Ixa les cuentan a Tux y a Xeira sobre los escuálidos, babosos y chupones, unos monstruos que atacaban su antiguo enclave. Se marcha descontento con Umax y Ixa, consiguen llegar gracias al apoyo de la aldea de Vexus al siguiente enclave.
Chupones

*"Yo una vez vi uno. Son del tamaño de una rata."*

~***Ixa, hablando con Tux sobre el tamaño de los chupones.***

## Rasgos de monstruo

### Forma de matar

Van chupando los pies con una saliva que no lo notas y cuándo te despiertas has perdido varios dedos o incluso tus piernas

### Tipo de monstruo

Allanador

Estos monstruos entran a las casas y empiezan a chuparte los pies. Su saliva es como una especie de anestesia, por lo que cuando empiezan a comerte los dedos no notas nada. Primero empiezan por los dedos, y si no son sorprendidos, pueden llegar a devorarte medio cuerpo sin que te des cuenta.

En las aldeas del oeste, fabrican calcetines con lana de cabra, que bañan cada cierto tiempo en un jugo de cebolla que les da su peculiar olor. A los chupones no les gustan esos calcetines, y si los llevas bien ajustados para que no te los puedan quitar, no harán nada más que chuparte un poco los dedos a través del calcetín.

Los dardos anestesiantes están fabricados con su saliva.

## Protección

Unos calcetines de lana mojados a conciencia en jugo de cebolla.

## Apariciones

### En El Bestiario de Axlin

Ixa y Rauxan mencionan que son monstruos de su aldea y acusan a Axlin de haber sufrido sus ataques.
3ft Skeleton Butler with Hat

The 3ft Skeleton Butler with Hat is an animated Halloween

   decoration made from 2015-2018. It features a skeleton butler in a black suit wearing a black top hat with a purple stripe. When activated, the butler's mouth moves as it's eyes light up and it speaks spooky phrases.

## Details

* 36" (3') Tall
* Animated; mouth moves
* LED Eyes

## Trivia

* Another skeleton butler was made before it, however this version has white hair similar to the original Bobblehead Butler and lacks a hat.
* This item was sold at the Home Depot and Dollar General. Home depot carried it in 2015 only while Dollar General carried it from 2017-2018 (years may be inaccurate). In addition, it was $40 at Home Depot while Dollar General priced it at a more affordable $30, $10 less than Home Depot's value.
Skeeves the Butler

Skeeves the Butler, also known as Skeeves the Creepy Butler, is an animated Halloween lifesize made in 2013. He is a zombie butler waring a black coat and pants with a white undershirt and bowtie. He also holds a candy dish and has a red towel draped over his left arm. When activated, skeeves turns side to side at the waist, his mouth moves and eyes light up as he says a scary phrase.

## Where it Was Sold

Skeeves the Butler was sold at Spirit Halloween in 2013.
Lifesize Devil Skeleton

The Lifesize Devil Skeleton is an animated halloween lifesize

   made in 2019 and 2016 The Lifesize Devil skeleton is a skeleton with horns in a red robe holding a pitchfork. When activated, the devil moves his mouth, head and arm while his eyes light up as he speaks.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Home Depot in 2019 and 2016
Escape From the Grave

The Escape From the Grave is an animated halloween prop made in 2016. It is a tombstone with the name 'Dusty Bonepyle' carved into it, along with the life and death dates of 1822 - 1896. Behind the tombstone, a skeleton hides with part of its hand revealed on the front of the tombstone. When activated, the tombstone lifts to reveal the skeleton while playing a phrase.

## Where Was It Sold

This item was sold at Spirit Halloween in 2016.
The Demon Breed

The novel **The Demon Breed** was published in serial form September and October 1968 under the title *The Tuvela*. It was also issued as a novel entitled *The Demon Breed* that same year. It has appeared under the same title in all later publication.

## Blurbs

"The "Tuvela" concept was an alien race's term for something they feared in the human race. Perhaps, if they'd read "The Hunting of the Snark," they'd have called the girl a Boojum!"

-- *Analog*, Sep 1968

"As a friendly social visit to the float-island, Nile's visit flopped badly; the invading Parahuans were anything but friendly. But then -- so was Nile! But the important thing in such an encounter is not what you think you are -- but what the enemy thinks you are."

-- *Analog*, Oct 1968

## Online text

The story is available online at:

* Freedoors (edited by Eric Flint)

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Analog*, Sep and Oct 1968
* *The Demon Breed*, 1968
* *The Hub: Dangerous Territory*, 2001
Eternal Frontier (collection)

***Eternal Frontier*** is a collection edited by Eric Flint. It was published in mass market paperback by Baen Books in 2002, as part of a larger project to resurrect the work of several classic science fiction writers.

## Contents

* Adventures in Time and Space
* The Big Terrarium
* Summer Guests
* Captives of the Thieve-Star
* Caretaker
* One Step Ahead
* Left Hand, Right Hand
* Homo Excelsior
* The Ties of Earth
* Spacemaster
* The Altruist
* Oneness
* Dark Visions
* We Don't Want Any Trouble
* Just Curious
* Would You?
* These Are the Arts
* Clean Slate
* Time for Crime
* Crime Buff
* Ham Sandwich
* Where the Time Went
* An Incident on Route 12
* Swift Completion
* Faddist
* The Eternal Frontiers
* Afterword
* James H. Schmitz Chronography

## Publication history

For a detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Loxan

Loxan junto con su hermano, Lexis son los únicos buhoneros que recorren una zona de las Tierras Olvidadas.

## Apariciones

### En El Bestiario de Axlin

Bexari le cuenta a Axlin que hay dos buhoneros que recorren una parte del oeste que solo ellos transitan. También le dice que ellos le proporcionaron el caballo.

Axlin los espera en una aldea, y cuando llegan con un carro acorazado de metal tirado por dos caballos. Bexari y Axlin insisten en que la dejen llevar con ellos hacia La Ciudadela y ellos al final aceptan.

Loxan es el que parece más hábil de los hermanos y Lexis el más inteligente. Loxan enseña a Axlin a manejar la ballesta, la cuál Loxan le regala al final del viaje a cambio de una copia del mapa de Bexari.

Están varios meses viajando juntos y Axlin se acostumbra a los hermanos. Cuándo tienen que partir de nuevo hacia el oeste, ella se siente triste por haberlos dejado en los caminos aunque fuesen muy hábiles con diferentes armas asesinando monstruos.

### En El secreto de Xein

Cuándo El Puente de Los Chillones se derrumba, él acude a La Ciudadela tras haber perdido a su hermano Lexis en los caminos a causa de un caparazón.

Axlin se lo encuentra tirado en la calle y le da los permisos de entrada y residencia en el segundo ensanche y Loxan acaba viviendo en el sótano de la casera de Axlin, Maxina.

Le cuenta a Axlin en una aldea donde todos tenían los ojos plateados y creían en dioses. También mencionó que los monstruos no atacaban esa aldea jamás. Axlin más tarde se lo menciona a Rox y a ella le causa incertidumbre de que fuese su aldea y que todavía estuviese habitada a pesar de la caída del Puente de los Chillones.

 Él presenció cuándo una sombra atacó a Axlin. Rox la abatió y dijo que no había nada. Más tarde, Loxan ayuda a Axlin a crear un mapa para que Rox pueda ubicar dónde queda la aldea del relato de Loxan, la que cree que es su antigua aldea y la ha interesado.

Él le dice a Axlin que si consiguen un carro acorazado, podrían ir hasta la Última Frontera para salvar a Xein cuándo es enviado.
Lifesize Evil Clown

The lifesize evil clown is an animated halloween prop made in 2016. It is a clown wearing a blue, red and white costume with a zombie-like head featuring creepy makeup, blank eyes and fiery orange hair. When activated, the clown's mouth moves and his eyes light up as he laughs maniacally while carnival music and screams are heard in the background.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Spirit Halloween in 2016, and only Spirithalloween.com in 2017 and 2018.
Big Lots Witch

The Animated Big Lots Witch was a Pan Asian Creations animatronic that was offered in Big Lots in 2016. It had the appearance of a pale-skinned witch with grey hair, a black hat, a black ribbon, and a purple lace dress. Her eyes lit up crimson as the witch's mouth moved to Halloween phrases. A similar version was released to the Home Depot Canada for the 2021 and 2022 Halloween seasons, but instead for 2021 version laughed instead of talking and instead of having grey hair it had purple hair and the 2022 version had green skin instead of the pale white skin color and had an orange spiderweb lacing and spoke the phrases that the big lots version had.

.

## Phrases

* "The candy is special, I made it myself! Just for you... hehehehehe!"
* would you like some tricks? or would you have some treats?ehehehe!
Bathroom Reaper

The Bathroom Reaper is an animated halloween decoration made in 2016-2017.  It is a grim reaper sitting on a toilet with his pants, or lower part of his robe, lowered revealing skeletal legs. He also holds a newspaper titled 'the Deadly Dispatch' in his hands. When activated, his eyes and mouth light up and change color and he sways side to side as a musical version of 'the Addams Family' plays, with the reaper occasionally farting mid-song.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Walmart in 2016 and 2017.
Just Curious

## Just Curious

### *Published*

December 1968

The short story **Just Curious** was originally published in December 1968.

## Blurb

"Perhaps the avenging hand of Zeus is omnipresent. Remember Pandora?"

-- *Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine*, Dec 1968

## Online text

The story is available online at:

## Publication history

For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

* *Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine*, Dec 1968
* *SF Authors' Choice 2,* edited by Harry Harrison, 1970
* *Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions*, edited by Elana Lore, 1983
* *The Best of James H. Schmitz*, 1991
* *Eternal Frontier*, 2002
Life Size Jack O Lantern Reaper

The lifesize Jack O Lantern Reaper is a lifesize halloween decoration made in 2018. It is a 72" tall reaper with a pumpkin head featuring sharp, gnashy teeth and empty eyes, green vine hands and a green and orange cloth costume. When activated, the pumpkin head glows red as the reaper moves its head and arms while saying a scary phrase.

## Where it Was Sold

This item was sold at Home Depot in 2018.
Lifesize Alien Greeter

The **Lifesize Extraterrestrial Greeter** is a 72" animatronic that looks like a grey alien in a steel costume. When triggered, the alien will move his head, arms, and play sounds, as well as light up green in his suit and eyes. The alien's outfit has a silver box with the words "H2O, O7, and P2" written on it with knobs underneath them that appear to be shifted left and right.

## Where it Was Sold

The animatronic was sold in The Home Depot and The Home Depot Canada for the 2020 season where it retailed for $99.99 (USD).
Dancing Alien Greeter

The Dancing Alien Greeter is an animated halloween decoration made in 2020. It is a 3ft tall gray space alien wearing a

    metallic suit and a device on its chest. When activated, the alien's torso sways and arms move while futuristic music plays. The alien's eyes and a round light on its chest device also glow green while this happens.