Short Science Fiction Story: The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst

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Paul Ernst The Planetoid of Peril

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Paul Ernst was born in West Peoria, Illinois on the 7th of November 1899. Ernst wrote 4 short stories that were published in 1928 and 29, then picked up the pace considerably with more than 120 stories in the 1930s, with only 3 more in the 1940s. He is not the same Paul Ernst as the Paul Ernst born in 1886 who wrote detective novels in the 1930s.

Our story today comes from the November 1931 edition of Astounding Stories magazine. You can purchase a copy of the magazine on eBay for $120 or on AbeBooks.com for only $75. Written more than 91 years ago, The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst…

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