← Back

Not Fit for Children

Evelyn E. Smith

First published May 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Tourists stop on an asteroid on which lives a “primitive tribe” who trades trinkets for a few coins. In reality they are the children of powerful aliens who live inside the asteroid while they repair the engine of their spacecraft. And they need some copper and silver for that purpose.

Publications (11)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1953 Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1953 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 108
September 1953 Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3 No. 7 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 89
April 1954 Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 272
1955 Galaxy Science Fiction Omnibus Grayson & Grayson Anthology
February 2012 The Two Suns of Morcali and Other Stories Ramble House Collection 137
March 2012 The Two Suns of Morcali and Other Stories Ramble House Collection 137
July 2015 The 20th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection
January 2016 Not Fit for Children Project Gutenberg Chapbook
February 2021 Evelyn E. Smith Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |2
February 2021 Evelyn E. Smith Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |2
February 2021 Evelyn E. Smith Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |2