Robert Franklin Young (1915–1986) was an American science fiction writer born in Silver Creek, New York. Except for the three and a half years he served in the Pacific during World War II, he spent most of his life in New York State. Although his career spanned more than thirty years, and he wrote fiction until he died, he remained little known by the public, in the United States as well as abroad. He started publishing in 1953 in Startling Stories, then Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, and Collier's. His work had a poetic and romantic style that many compared to Ray Bradbury and Theodore Sturgeon.This volume collects 20 of his science fiction and fantasy stories:

THE BLACK DEEP THOU WINGEST

THE GARDEN IN THE FOREST

AUDIENCE REACTION

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

STOP-OVER

A PATTERN FOR PENELOPE

SAINT JULIE AND THE VISGI

THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET

ONE LOVE HAVE I

THE QUALITY OF MERCY

THE GROWN-UP PEOPLE'S FEET

PRISONERS OF EARTH

THE FIRST SWEET SLEEP OF NIGHT

PROMISED PLANET

THE QUETENESTEL TOWERS

AN APPLE FOR THE TEACHER

JUNGLE DOCTOR

MORE STATELY MANSIONS

LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE

THE OTHER KIDS

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