The Marcus Device

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I should like to express my appreciation for the valuable assistance in my research given me by:

The United States Air Force

USAF Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base

Death Valley National Monument Rangers

Elliott L. Markoff, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,

University of Southern California

Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie, West Berlin

The USAF devices and equipment described in the story are in fact undergoing development and testing and are not figments of the author's imagination. The medical diagnoses and conditions are psychiatrically and neurosurgically authentic.

I.M.

He could hear their heavy, hobnailed boots pounding down the cobblestone street in pursuit. There must be at least six of them, he thought. The steady tramp hammered on his ears and reverberated in his battered mind. His breath came in convulsive gulps, and a sharp sting in his side knifed through him with every step. But he forced himself to go on.

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