This is a great collection of action short stories by Fritz Leiber from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Pipe Dream", "Coming Attraction", "The 64-Square Madhouse", and "The Last Letter".
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery and coined the term.