"Deadline" is a 1944 science fiction short story by American writer Cleve Cartmill, first published in Astounding Science Fiction. The story described the then-secret atomic bomb in some detail. At that time the bomb was still under development and top secret, which prompted a visit by the FBI.
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- contained in The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944anthology
- contained in Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions That Came Trueanthology