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- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Flame Projector | ||
| Handheld device shoots flame. |
| A flame projector spat fire and a frog man was a glowing torch in the blackness. For a brief instant only was the scene lighted, but in that instant Ridge Coler glimpsed a gold-crowned head — flung back; eyes staring. And the slim body of Rita Simonds bent double in the clutching arms of a squat drylander.
 (Flame Pistol from 'Water-Bound World' by Harl Vincent) A second stabbing flame lighted the gloom. Ridge drove a hard fist into a drylander’s face. He felt the crunching of bones under his knuckles. Swiftly exploring fingers located the fellow's flame projector. Once more Ridge was armed. But he had not reached Rita. |
| From Water-Bound World,
by Harl Vincent. Published by Amazing Stories Quarterly in 1932 Additional resources -
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Also called a flame pistol:
He urged them forward, bringing up the rear with the white flame that lurked in his weapon ready to leap forth if they turned on him.
Leaving his ugly cronies in charge of the passengers, he waved them forward with the stubby nose of his flame pistol...
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