Farewell to Fuzzies by Henry Hasse

About this episode

Craig Wilson survives on a forgotten asteroid with the help of furry creatures, facing a moral dilemma when rescue arrives.

Stranded alone on a forgotten asteroid, Craig Wilson survives only because a colony of strange furry creatures refuses to abandon him. When rescue finally arrives, he discovers the real danger isn’t starvation but deciding how far he will go to protect the only friends he has left. Farewell to Fuzzies by Henry Hasse. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Henry Hasse return to the podcast with his first solo story. The only other story on the podcast so far by Henry Hasse was cowritten with Ray Bradbury, Final Victim, which was episode #172.Discover today’s story in Astonishing Stories published in September 1941 on page 29, Farewell to Fuzzies by Henry Hasse…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A gifted performer turns his astonishing hands into tools for theft, but every crime leaves him more frightened of what he carries at the ends of his arms. When a fortune in emeralds and murder enters the bargain, one man discovers too late that greed can develop a life of its own. Cattivo by Alan Nelson. Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee=========================== Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Topics covered

• survival
• friendship
• sci-fi
• danger
• creatures

Keywords

• sci-fi
• Henry Hasse
• Farewell to Fuzzies
• survival
• asteroid
• creatures
• friendship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astonishing Stories

Books & works: Farewell to Fuzzies, Final Victim, Cattivo

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