Project Gutenberg 2016-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 127 Samachson, Joseph 1906 1980 Sterling, Brett Morrison, William Samachson, Joe Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Picture Bride Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Picture Bride" by William Morrison is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative centers around the unusual love story between a man named Perry and a woman he has never met in person, who exists a thousand years in the future. The story explores themes of love across time, using a fictional time-contact machine that allows Perry to communicate with his future bride. The plot unfolds as Perry reveals to his brother, George, that he has fallen in love with a woman from the distant future, only having seen her through this time-contact device. Despite George’s skepticism, Perry becomes enamored with the idea of their love, leading George to investigate further. The tension escalates as George crashes into Perry's laboratory during one of their time-contact sessions, resulting in a catastrophic incident that leaves Perry missing, yet hints at a profound connection between the two lovers. The story culminates with George witnessing a glimpse of Perry with the girl on the screen just before the equipment fails, suggesting that their love transcends the barriers of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 36339 2025-06-20T13:18:04.104313 text/html 12371 2024-10-22T23:46:23 text/html 204647 2025-06-20T13:18:06.036313 application/epub+zip 203492 2025-06-20T13:18:04.545347 application/epub+zip 76146 2025-06-20T13:18:04.314290 application/epub+zip 236606 2025-06-20T13:18:07.259371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230272 2025-06-20T13:18:05.797292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103201 2022-09-23T08:04:10.027420 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29648 2023-09-22T07:40:06.950589 text/plain 9926 2024-10-22T23:46:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17429 2025-06-20T13:18:07.408325 application/rdf+xml 24297 2025-06-20T13:18:04.397339 image/jpeg 4334 2025-06-20T13:18:04.354297 image/jpeg 184380 2025-06-20T13:18:04.116305 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia