"There's No Future In It."

A "Flying Officer X" story that focuses on a pilot's girlfriend and her parents' disapproval of her relationship; she, hearing his minimal descriptions of terrible weather and hellish battles, is committed to supporting him even if "there's no future in it."

A film version called "There's A Future In It" was directed by Leslie Fenton for the Strand Film Company in 1943, and featured actors Ann Dvorak, Barry Morse, John Turnbull, and Beatrice Varley. The musical score was composed by William Alwyn.

Published in:

• The Listener (February 12, 1942)
• Jerusalem Radio Forum (October 30, 1942, with title "There Is No Future In It")
• The Greatest People in the World and Other Stories (1942)
• Britain (January 1943)
• The American Federationist (February 1943)
• There's Something in the Air (1943)
• Something in the Air (1944)
• The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (1945)
• The Stories of Flying Officer 'X' (1952)
• The Complete Stories of Flying Officer 'X' (Bloomsbury ebook, 2018)