WOMAN FROM ANOTHER PLANET
FRANK BELKNAP LONG
Copyright 1960
by Frank Belknap Long
Printed in the U.S.A.
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any
evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
HE TRIED TO GO BACK—
but he had already passed the point of no return. Her aroma wasoverpowering—never had David known such a woman. Her arms clasped andencircled him; it was as though boiling quicksand flowed through hisbody, a tiredness weighing him down. But it was only the pressure ofher body....
With a jolt he pushed her away and she fell sprawling against thebed post. Stumbling to the window for air, he saw the gleamingsaucer-shaped ship still hovering in the sky overhead. It was as thoughhis every move had been watched....
David's mind was muddled, surrounded by a cloud of confusion.The beautiful creature was now sobbing, her whole body racked bytremors.... Then he heard another voice coming from the outer room. Itwas Janice!
Contents
| ONE |
| TWO |
| THREE |
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
| SIX |
| SEVEN |
| EIGHT |
| NINE |
| TEN |
| ELEVEN |
| TWELVE |
| EPILOGUE |
ONE
The alarm clock was ringing. There was another sound in the room aswell—the more distant peal of door chimes. Oddly enough, it was thechime music which penetrated most sharply into David Loring's awakeningmind. Each fragment was a tinkling and the tinklings ran the gamut ofthe musical scale. An ice-crystal music in caverns measureless to man.Rising, falling, almost dirge-like at times.
The alarm clock, having exhausted itself, stopped ringing. But thechimes continued. The ice crystals broke, shattered and re-formed again.
Another day, Loring thought, stirring drowsily and blinking sleepfrom his eyes. He let his gaze roam over the room. The floor wasthick with dust, and the record player on its handsome walnut stand,the ornamental decoy duck on the mantel and the uneven bricks on thebuilt-in fireplace all needed dusting badly. In fact, the whole damnedapartment needed the attention of a cleaning woman.
Well, it wouldn't be long now. The mere fact that he could afford acleaning woman and no longer had to worry about the expense was reasonenough for putting it off. The place could be made spic-and-spanat a moment's notice and he profoundly disliked having his preciousknick-knacks roughly handled by a stranger. It would be all right forJanice to take over. Wonderful, in fact.
Just bide your time, boy, and before you know it your bachelor daysw