Project Gutenberg 2019-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 131 Sohl, Jerry 1913 2002 Sohl, Gerald Allan The Little Red Bag Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Little Red Bag" by Jerry Sohl is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a protagonist endowed with a peculiar talent: the ability to sense the contents of objects and manipulate time within certain confines. This story not only explores his struggles with his unique gift but also delves into a race against time aboard an airplane, presenting high stakes as he discovers a ticking bomb concealed within a fellow passenger's bag. In the story, the unnamed narrator discovers dangerous explosive materials while unknowingly searching through the bag of the woman seated next to him on a flight to Los Angeles. With the bomb's timer threatening to detonate, he must find a way to keep the mechanism from ticking down while navigating a world that is largely oblivious to the deadly situation. As he engages with the woman, Julia, the tension heightens, especially as he learns about the perpetrator behind the bomb's placement—her husband, Joe. As events unfold, including the theft of the bags after their arrival, the story culminates in an explosion that causes the pair to reconsider their priorities, ultimately leading to a moment of connection amidst chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories California -- Fiction Airplanes -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction Bombs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 50989 2025-07-24T07:51:56.548031 text/html 27201 2024-10-17T14:45:43 text/html 326704 2025-07-24T07:51:58.373062 application/epub+zip 325550 2025-07-24T07:51:56.962081 application/epub+zip 74385 2025-07-24T07:51:56.741037 application/epub+zip 362427 2025-07-24T07:51:59.693067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355113 2025-07-24T07:51:58.169017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104244 2022-09-27T12:53:51.424078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44229 2025-07-24T07:51:56.396027 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24499 2024-10-17T14:45:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17739 2025-07-24T07:51:59.824006 application/rdf+xml 26776 2025-07-24T07:51:56.827027 image/jpeg 4683 2025-07-24T07:51:56.784024 image/jpeg 474413 2025-07-24T07:51:56.564114 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