Amazing Stories Quarterly, Winter 1928

Amazing Stories Quarterly Content This issue of *Amazing Stories Quarterly* contains six speculative fiction pieces. The lead story, "The Moon of Doom" by Earl L. Bell, depicts Earth in 2009 facing catastrophic cosmic disruption: the planet accelerates on its axis, shortening days by eighteen minutes within four days. Astronomers worldwide scramble to determine the cause until Professor Ernest Sherard announces the moon itself is returning to Earth. Set in a utopian future powered by atomic energy and featuring atomic airplanes and vehicles, the narrative follows scientist Ernest Sherard's frantic observations at Mount Shasta Observatory as civilization grapples with potential annihilation. The issue includes H.G. Wells's "When the Sleeper Wakes," a reprinted classic unavailable elsewhere. Additional stories listed are "The Atomic Riddle" by Edward S. Sears, "The Golden Vapor" by E. H. Johnson, and contributions from Frank Orndorff and Miles J. Brener, M.D. The periodical explicitly emphasizes "Scientifiction"—editor Hugo Gernsback's term for science fiction—establishing the Quarterly to accommodate full-length novels supplementing the monthly magazine.