Parr came to Earth as the advance guard for
an invasion. His mission: to see that every
person received a package that was being mailed—
SPECIAL DELIVERY
By Kris Neville
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
January 1952
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
CHAPTER I
A cannonade of shell fire met the silver listening post as it zipped across the moonlit desert. It twisted erratically, trying to dodge. Then a radar controlled gun chuckled to itself, and the listening post faltered in flight, slipped air, plunged sandward.
In the Advanceship, far above and to the west, one of the Knougs pressed a button and the listening post exploded in a white flare.
Afterwards, no fragments could be found. The newspapers said the usual thing. The government issued the usual profession of disbelief—and finally even the gunner became convinced of the usual explanation: he had tried to pot Venus.