Box Garden
The stranger had big ears, was terribly fearful of, and yet pitied, TV commercials, and kept going on about 'bansai,' with an 's.'
"Box-garden" was published in "Science Fiction Adventures," April, 1958.
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I, Gardener
I was early for my appoinment with the great Dr. Ozoneff, and consequently, had to talk to his gardener for a few minutes before I was allowed into the house. His gardener, it turned out, was quite mad.
"I, Gardener" was published in "Fantastic Science Fiction Stories," December, 1959, pages 89 to 95.
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Allen Kim Lang (b. 31 July 1928) is an American Science Fiction author who began publishing for Planet Stories in November 1950 and published a good number of action stories in the following decade: twenty titles are recorded, including the the comic novella "Cinderella Story" (May, 1961, "If"), and "Blind Man's Lantern" (December, 1962, "Analog").
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