Plot summary
No date is given for the events, but they are in "a near future America" from the publishing date of 1941. Europe and Asia have suffered a "collapse" and the only significant technological advances mentioned areCharacters
* Dr. Philip Huxley: Professor of Psychology at Western University. * Dr. Ben Coburn: Neurosurgeon at Western University. * Joan Freeman: Student of Psychology at Western University. * Dr. Brinckley: President of Western University. * Residents of Mt. Shasta ** Ambrose Bierce: Based on the writer