literature for the pulp magazines of the early 20th century. The tales here span the gamut from science fiction to mythological fantasy - from technological horror to unearthly romance - and back again, to the everyday reality of twentieth century America and the special horrors people can inflict upon each other. Nine stories, each a unique vision beyond ordinary imagination - a soldier of fortune is recruited to assassinate the god of an alien world in "The Bright Illusion"; an ancient intelligent computer on a hidden island contemplates perfection, until a shipwrecked sailor brings chaos and confusion in "Greater Glories", (published here for the first time since 1935); a world-weary traveler makes a blind leap into adventure, and finds that true love is more complicated than it seems in "Tryst In Time"; a man gains the full awareness of the ultimate consequences of his actions in "Greater Than Gods"; a new kind of motion picture has the power to kill in the title story, "Miracle In Three Dimensions"; the legend of Eden is given a new twist in "Fruit Of Knowledge"; betrayal and revolution come to a strange alternate-universe Venus in "There Shall Be Darkness"; an alien collector has his eyes on a beautiful human female to add to his favorite display case in "Doorway Into Time"; and a woman finds herself driven to suicide in "here lies...", a crime story set in contemporary California, unseen since its first publication more than 50 years ago.

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