Welcome to our new listeners in Homer Alaska, Wenatchee Washington, Mankato Minnesota, Lincoln Nebraska, Chile, Grenada, Israel, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and the Isle of Man. Thanks for listening to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We love hearing from you, send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com. You'll find every story you hear on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and many more on our website https://lostscifi.com.A 27 hour, 50 book bundle is available every day for only $14.97. Use the promo code "podcast" and you can get all 27 hours for only $9.88.Today’s author is a man of mystery. Erik Fennel, that’s Erik with a k, wrote 10 short science fiction stories from 1947 to 1957 and that’s all we know about him. From Planet Stories Magazine in the spring of 1950 Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… It was an unexplored planet and anythingcould happen—yet none of us expected to face acreature impossible to fight, let alone kill....That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Thanks for listening!Support the show