Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from Amazing Stories October 1948. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

The writer hated to create bug-eyed monsters, but they hated him too!

DEATH OF A B. E. M.

By BERKELEY LIVINGSTON

The B. E. M. purred contentedly as the giant stroked his eyeballs

"Blast them!" the writer groaned in bitter accents. "How I hate those B. E. M's.!"

"Hang them!" the artist yelled. "How I hate those B. E. M's.!"

"Darn them!" the B. E. M. moaned. "How I hate those humans!"