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Dec 2023
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Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown - Fredr...

SCOTT MILLER
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It is a tough decision to make—whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 


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Fredric Brown is a favorite of ours and many of his stories are super short, for example Earthmen Bearing Gifts which is only 6 minutes long, The House which is just over 7 minutes, and Blood which is less than 3 minutes long. By the way there are 3 super short Fredric Brown stories at the beginning of a previous episode titled 8 Super Short Sci-Fi Stories. Today’s story is a little longer. It first appeared in the December 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction beginning on page 88, Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown… 


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