The City of the Blind By MURRAY LEINSTER - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/79834/pg79834-images.html

 

A Horseman in the Sky – Ambrose Bierce - https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/horseman-in-the-sky/

The Beautiful People – Charles Beaumont - https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/beautiful-people/

The Beautiful People By Charles Beaumont - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/36258/pg36258-images.html

 Mary was a misfit.
She didn't want to be beautiful. And she wasted time doing mad things—like eating and sleeping.

 

The Man Who Was Two Men By RAY CUMMINGS - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/79828/pg79828-images.html

 Alone in a strange city, a young man "awoke"—not
knowing his name or his past! What could he do?
How could he start life again—and where?

 

A newsboy came past. "Paper! Paper, sir?"

He felt in his pocket and found coins. He drew them out, looked at them. And muttered, "Why, of course! They're American coins."

"How much?" he asked.

"Two cents," said the boy

 

He told himself again, "I mustn't stand here like this." He glanced at the paper. The date line read Tarlington, Connecticut, June 2nd, 1930. He tried to puzzle out whether that frightened him or not. June 2nd, 1930? It meant nothing. Tarlington? It meant nothing. Or did it? He couldn't decide.

He thought, "What's the matter with me?"

What frightened him was that at the moment he could not think of his name or anything else that any one not insane should know about himself!

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MUTINEER By ROBERT J. SHEA - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29196/pg29196-images.html

For every weapon there was a defense, but not against the deadliest weapon—man himself!

 Specialization. Everyone I've met in this city is a specialist. SocioSpecs run the government. TechnoSpecs run the machinery. Troopers fight the wars. And ninety per cent of the people don't work at all because they're not trained to do anything