Project Gutenberg 2007-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 72 Ferris, Benjamin Napoli, Vincent 1907 1981 Napoli, James Vincent The Invaders Produced from Weird Tales March 1951. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Invaders" by Benjamin Ferris is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of mystery and the unknown within the context of a small American community grappling with inexplicable occurrences. It examines the interactions between local residents and an enigmatic group of new inhabitants who have seemingly resurrected a long-dead valley, prompting fears and suspicions among the townsfolk. The narrative centers around a character named Jerry Bronson, who becomes increasingly concerned about Joe Merklos and his family, who have moved into Dark Valley, a place thought to be desolate due to a dried-up water supply. As the Merklos family works diligently to cultivate the land and revive it, strange events begin to unfold in the surrounding community: disappearing items, crops growing backward, and sightings of a mysterious beast. Tensions rise as Jerry and the local sheriff investigate the new residents and their connection to the supernatural phenomena, eventually leading to a climactic confrontation. The story combines elements of horror and speculative fiction, raising questions about identity, community, and the nature of reality itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Horror tales PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 63157 63166 2024-09-10T08:06:18.654110 2023-09-10T11:15:31.489977 text/html text/html 59949 2007-11-18T06:08:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 86333 2007-11-18T06:08:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133510 2024-09-10T08:06:22.270097 application/epub+zip 132316 2024-09-10T08:06:20.145086 application/epub+zip 69148 2024-09-10T08:06:19.184063 application/epub+zip 207347 2024-09-10T08:06:23.881061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200613 2024-09-10T08:06:21.712064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137788 2022-09-11T05:57:19.866052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54789 54694 2024-09-10T08:06:18.389076 2023-09-10T11:15:31.246982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 54667 2007-11-18T06:08:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21957 2007-11-18T06:08:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19079 2024-09-10T08:06:24.018028 application/rdf+xml 12679 2024-09-10T08:06:19.521102 image/jpeg 3352 2024-09-10T08:06:19.350091 image/jpeg 136025 2024-09-10T08:06:18.664073 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