Life for their kind was becoming more difficult. So, Rathsden conceived a plan to stow away on a flying saucer and travel in secret to another planet. He was confident of surviving and finding another source of food...

"The Deadly Ones" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," July 1954, pages 147 - 156.

F L Wallace (February 16, 1915 – November 26, 2004), sometimes credited as Floyd Wallace, was a noted science fiction and mystery writer. Wallace spent most of his life in California as a writer and mechanical engineer after attending the University of Iowa. He also attended UCLA.

His first published story, "Hideaway", appeared in the magazine "Astounding." "Galaxy Science Fiction" and other science fiction magazines published his subsequent stories, including "Student Body," "Delay in Transit," "Bolden's Pets," and "Tangle Hold." His novel "Address: Centauri" was published by Gnome Press in 1955. His works have been translated into numerous languages, and his stories are available today around the world in anthologies.

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