Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #39

: # Authentic Science Fiction, November 1953 (Vol. 1, No. 39)

This issue features four science fiction stories. E.C. Tubb's "Subtle Victory" (continuing serial) opens with a skeletal, otherworldly figure appearing in a tavern near a spaceport. The protagonist Jeff Walker recognizes him as Commander Peters, formerly healthy and stationed on Venus six months prior, now grotesquely transformed—emaciated, reeking of alien odors, barely responsive. Walker contacts a doctor, who suspects a new medical condition and orders quarantine of the premises. Charles Eric Maine's "Highway I" explores dimensional travel in a lighthearted manner. John Christopher's "Blemish" examines insanity masquerading as normalcy. David Wilcox's "Transition" won the monthly amateur writer competition. Additional content includes the ongoing "Solar System (Jupiter)" series feature and science columns on space travel.