Hell-Fire (story)

"Hell-Fire"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inFantastic Universe
Publication typePeriodical
PublisherKing-Size Publications
Media typePrint (magazine, hardback, paperback)
Publication dateMay 1956

"Hell-Fire" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, originally published in the May 1956 issue of Fantastic Universe and reprinted in the 1957 collection Earth Is Room Enough. It is one of a number of stories, such as "Darwinian Pool Room" and "Silly Asses", in which Asimov worries about the nuclear arms race of the 1950s.