So what are these classic and early short science fiction stories uncovered from old magazines and journals of the first half of the 19th century? Check out this list of forgotten classics. Yes, with some work you can probably find most of them online, is that really worth your time? You will also not get the author photos, story backgrounds and annotations (Book only) of these great science fiction stories found in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849.
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar – Edgar Allan Poe
- The Aerial Burglar – Percival Leigh
- A Visit to the Lunar Sphere – Captain Frederick Marryat
- Glimpses of Other Worlds – Thomas Charles Morgan
- Hilda Silfverling, A Fantasy – Lydia Maria Child
- Rappaccini’s Daughter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Rival Mechanicians – Lydia Maria Child
- A Descent Into the Maelstrom – Edgar Allan Poe
- The Artist of the Beautiful – Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Iron Shroud – William Mudford
