Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey._

THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX HARL VINCENT 62

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MURDER MADNESS MURRAY LEINSTER 109

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[Illustration: _They were moving sluggishly along the red light, seeming
to flow rather than crawl._]

Beyond the Heaviside Layer

_By Capt S. P. Meek_

McQuarrie, the City Editor, looked up as I entered his office.

"Bond," he asked, "do you know Jim Carpenter?"

[Sidenote: For eighty vertical miles Carpenter and
Bond blasted their way--only to be
trapped by the extraordinary monsters
of the heaviside layer.]

"I know him slightly," I replied cautiously. "I have met him several
times and I interviewed him some years ago when he improved the Hadley
rocket motor. I can't claim a very extensive acquaintance with him."