Rescue Squad

By Thomas J. O’Hara

Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515410768

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Rescue Squad

by Thomas J. O’Hara

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Rescue Squad

by Thomas J. O’Hara

When Mr. O’Hara won the prize story contest recently conducted by 

the fantasy writers’ workshop

 at the College of the City of New York, in conjunction with 

fantastic universe

, it was the unanimous opinion of the judges that a second story by Mr. O’Hara, 

rescue squad

, deserved honorable mention. We think you’ll agree with that decision when you’ve read this documentary-type science-fiction yarn, which so excitingly combines realistic characterization with the mystery, suspense and terror of the near future’s exploration of space and a lone pilot’s struggle to survive.

Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.

The mail ship

, MR4, spun crazily through space a million miles off her trajectory. Her black-painted hull resembled a long thermonuclear weapon, and below her and only a scant twenty million miles away burned the hungry, flaming maw of the Sun.

The atomic-powered refrigeration units of the MR4 were working full blast—and still her internal and external temperatures were slowly and inexorably rising.