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    The Calm Man
    The Calm Man
    The Calm Man
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    The Calm Man

    By Frank Belknap Long

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    Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky. Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateOct 20, 2016
    ISBN9781682995013
    The Calm Man
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    Frank Belknap Long

    Frank Belknap Long Jr. (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos alongside his friend, H. P. Lovecraft. During his life, Long received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (at the 1978 World Fantasy Convention), the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (in 1987, from the Horror Writers Association), and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award (1977).

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      The woman in this short story was so impatient to find a man I hoped this was postapocalyptic SF: but it was ordinary midcentry sexism.A good story, a bit predictable, of the "I Married a _____" school.I wanted to read it as a critique of gender roles but it just isn't. This is one of Long's more memorable short stories.

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    The Calm Man - Frank Belknap Long

    The Calm Man

    by Frank Belknap Long

    Start Publishing LLC

    Copyright © 2015 by Start Publishing LLC

    All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

    First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

    Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

    Manufactured in the United States of America

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    ISBN 13:978-1-68299-501-3

    The Calm Man

    by Frank Belknap Long

    Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction. And he’s done it again in the tortured story of Sally.

    Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky. Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.

    Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower. A girl could be shy, couldn’t she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?

    Only this morning she had drawn an admiring look from the milkman and a wolf cry from Jimmy on the corner, with his newspapers and shiny new bike. What if the milkman was crowding sixty and wore thick-lensed glasses? What if Jimmy was only seventeen?

    A male was a male, and a glance was a glance. Why, if I just primp a little more, Sally told herself, I’ll be irresistible.

    Hair ribbons and perfume, a mirror tilted at just the right angle, an invitation to a party

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