Project Gutenberg 2007-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 76 Schmitz, James H. 1911 1981 Schmitz, James Henry An Incident on Route 12 Produced from Worlds of If January 1962. E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Susan Carr, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "An Incident on Route 12" by James H. Schmitz is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around themes of crime and unexpected consequences, exploring the intersection of human ambition and extraterrestrial involvement. This tale addresses the tension of a criminal on the run, caught in a situation beyond his understanding. The story follows Phil Garfield, a desperate thief fleeing the scene of a robbery, who faces mechanical failure on a remote road. As he devises a plan to lure unsuspecting motorists, his situation escalates when he encounters a bizarre and horrifying twist: his victim is not merely human, but an alien life form. Garfield's panic and violence lead to a series of terrifying confrontations, culminating in his capture by his own failed assumptions about reality. The narrative illustrates the irony of Garfield's greed and fear, as he inadvertently subjects himself to the very fate he sought to avoid. Schmitz effectively combines suspense with elements of horror, leaving readers with a gripping exploration of fear and the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Criminals -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 37130 36992 2024-09-09T11:40:42.027062 2023-09-10T04:38:18.294553 text/html text/html 35077 2007-06-21T14:10:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 13270 2007-06-21T14:11:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 65034 2024-09-09T11:40:45.204008 application/epub+zip 64044 2024-09-09T11:40:43.338013 application/epub+zip 64044 2024-09-09T11:40:42.479039 application/epub+zip 146676 2024-09-09T11:40:46.581010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140286 2024-09-09T11:40:44.704020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140457 2022-09-10T09:55:07.624281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31260 31165 2024-09-09T11:40:41.837016 2023-09-10T04:38:18.125541 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31048 2007-06-21T14:05:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11842 2007-06-21T14:05:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19413 2024-09-09T11:40:46.709997 application/rdf+xml 13699 2024-09-09T11:40:42.911022 image/jpeg 3723 2024-09-09T11:40:42.737070 image/jpeg 66946 2024-09-09T11:40:42.032025 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia