
It was almost dark when he awoke and lay on the bed motionless and trembling his heart sinking in the knowledge that he should never have slept. For almost half a minute eyes wide with fear he lay in the silence of the gloomy room straining to hear some sound some indication...

A tightly constructed science fiction narrative exploring identity, perception, and the limits of human understanding when confronted with the unknown. In The Dark Door, Alan E. Nourse presents a speculative premise in which an apparently simple discovery...

A tightly constructed science fiction narrative exploring identity, perception, and the limits of human understanding when confronted with the unknown. In The Dark Door, Alan E. Nourse presents a speculative premise in which an apparently simple discovery...


It was almost dark when he awoke and lay on the bed motionless and trembling his heart sinking in the knowledge that he should never have slept. For almost half a minute eyes wide with fear he lay in the silence of the gloomy room straining to hear some sound some indication...