Immerse yourself in these suspenseful and inventive classic scifi short stories: Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the PRISON OF A BILLION YEARS. ASSASSIN-The aliens wooed Earth with gifts, love, patience and peace. Who could resist them? After all, no one shoots Santa Claus! INSIDEKICK-Johnson had two secrets--one he knew and would die rather than reveal--and one he didn't know that meant to save him over his own dead body! ADOLESCENTS ONLY-Elvin wasn't sure how it had started--maybe it was the Schermerhorn twins--or the mysterious "meteorite"--or else the world had gone crazy.... PLANET OF THE GODS-Two planets circling Vega! But a more amazing discovery waited the explorers when they landed. THE PLOTTERS-He came from a far planet to find some of the Earth's secrets. But Marko found other things, too--like his love for beautiful Beth. SOLDIER BOY-It's one thing to laugh at a man because his job is useless and outdated--another to depend on him when it suddenly isn't.