author
William P. Salton
A little-known science fiction writer from the 1950s, he left behind a small but memorable body of short fiction for the pulp-magazine era. His stories, including "Operation Lorelie" and "A Trick of the Mind," blend big speculative ideas with brisk, classic storytelling.
1 Audiobook
A trick of the mind
by William P. Salton
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information about this author appears to be publicly available. What can be verified is that William P. Salton published science fiction stories in the 1950s, and his work later found new readers through public-domain archives and audio recordings.
Two of his best-known stories are Operation Lorelie, first published in Amazing Stories in March 1954, and A Trick of the Mind, published in Fantastic in January 1958. Those publications place him squarely in the mid-century magazine science fiction world, where writers explored strange technologies, psychological twists, and futuristic conflict in compact, fast-moving tales.
Although he remains an obscure figure, Salton's fiction has endured because it captures the feel of classic pulp science fiction: imaginative premises, clean narrative drive, and a sense of wonder packed into a short space. For listeners who enjoy rediscovering forgotten voices from the genre's magazine age, his work offers a small but intriguing glimpse into that tradition.