Radio Mates story

shortstory: Radio Mates (1927) · 1927-07 · Benjamin Witwer

An amateur radio enthusiast seeks revenge against a romantic rival.

8 total · 4 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
husband and wife major Howard and Venice Marsden.
romantic love major Bromley Cranston and Howard Marsden's wife Venice.
teleportation device major Bromley Cranston invented a teleporter from radio equipment and radioactive isotopes. He successfully teleported a guinea pig and some cats in his laboratory, and later he transported himself and Venice into some kind of netherworld.
the desire for vengeance major Bromley hatched an elaborate plot to get revenge on Howard for tricked Bromley's girlfriend into marrying Howard. Bromley used his teleporter to send himself and Venice away into some kind of nether world all before the eyes of an astonished Howard.
amateur radio minor Bromley and Howard shared an interest in amateur radio.
coping with getting dumped minor Howard tricked Bromley into thinking that Venice had dumped Bromley, and tricked Venice of the reverse. All this was part of Howard's plot to win Venice's hand in marriage.
drug abuse minor Venice revealed to Bromley that Howard was addicted to drugs.
nuclear fission power minor Bromley used a cocktail of fissile materials to power his matter transporter.