The Big Front Yard

The Big Front Yard

Infobox short story
name = The Big Front Yard
author = Clifford D. Simak
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction
published_in = Astounding Science Fiction
publication_type = magazine
publisher =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pub_date = October 1958

"The Big Front Yard" is a science fiction short story by Clifford D. Simak which was given the Hugo Award in 1959 as best novelette of the year.

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A tinkerer and Yankee trader finds his house invaded by secretive creatures who repair things at night. and retreat into his basement, behind an impenetrable wall of mysterious material, during the day. They also convert his house into a portal between Earth and a strange desert planet, home to a race of creatures who love to dicker just as much as the human.

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