“Might makes right” is a tempting slogan. But does multiplying one side of the equation automatically multiply the other?

The House on the Sands of Time is in the genre of so-called tavern stories, which began with Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt in Tales form Gavagan's Bar, ...

What makes a Dark Age?

The forces that drive people into space may be quite down to Earth…

A short course on the theory of probability in accident insurance - as presented by a detective who dropped into an Irish pub.

Michael F. Flynn’s stories have appeared in Analog, F&SF, and elsewhere. He has been a three-time Hugo award finalist—most recently for his novella, “Melo...