Basil Wells
Basil Eugene Wells (June 11, 1912 – December 23, 2003) was an American writer. His first published story, "Rebirth of Man" appeared in the magazine Super Science Stories in 1940. He wrote science fiction, fantasy western and detective stories for various magazines sometimes under the name Gene Ellerman. Two collections of his stories, Planets of Adventure and Doorways to Space were published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
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Moment of Truth - Basil Wells
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Title: Moment of Truth
Author: Basil Eugene Wells
Release Date: February 18, 2009 [EBook #28111]
Language: English
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Basil Wells, who lives in Pennsylvania, has been doing research concerning life in the area during the period prior to and following the War of 1812. Here he turns to a different problem—the adjustment demanded of a pioneer woman, not in those days but Tomorrow—on Mars.
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Beyond the false windows she could see the reddish wasteland where dust clouds spun and shifted so slowly.
She had been asleep. Now she stretched luxuriously beneath the crisp white sheet that the vapid August heat decreed. From memory to memory her dream-fogged mind drifted, and to the yet-to-be. It was good to remember, and to imagine, and to see and feel and hear....
She smiled. She was Ruth Halsey, fourteen, brunette, and pretty. Earl, and