Yan left. Everything changed and with no money, no status and severed from her family, Marigold was at the mercy of the state. She filled out a form for protection and one for availability. She felt like a slave posting for an auction. She was Abandoned.

Science fiction classic character Retief is back in this sci fi short story by Keith Laumer. Retief is caught in the middle of competing mining claims on the planet 95739-A. He wants to side with the underdog.

Ten year old Bob Taylor was miserable. School was boring. He was tired of chores at home. He fell asleep feeling grumpy and irritable. Hearing his name called, he awoke to find a green goblin in his room. Fitz Mee invited him to visit Goblinland. Off he went to the land where you do as you please.

Richardson was the astronaut chosen for the test. He had passed every one of the grueling preliminary tests with flying colors, mental and physical, and as far as could be judged by science, he had seemed to be the perfect specimen, mentally and physically, for the job.The job was to be the first man to be sent to space and return safely to Earth. The test was going well until Richarson started talking in a strange language. What was happening? What did it mean?

This Science Fiction anthology contains 15 sci-fi classics from American author Bryce Walton. Included science fiction classics in this collection: By Earthlight • Dark Windows • Dreamer's World • Freeway • Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?• Security • Strange Alliance • The Chasm • The Happy Herd • The Highest Mountain • The Recruit • The Victor • Thy Name Is Woman • To Each His Star • War Game

Two youth have caged two strange creatures in the barn. While they scheme about joining the circus with their new “animals”, their fathers are waiting for two otherworldly travelers with whom they plan a trade deal for precious elements. The alien merchants are late and when the fathers learn the youth have been feeding some animals in the barn, they put two and tow together. They run towards the barn…

Yan left. Everything changed and with no money, no status and severed from her family, Marigold was at the mercy of the state. She filled out a form for protection and one for availability. She felt like a slave posting for an auction. She was Abandoned.

"Rig ship for the snowbank orbit! Snowbank orbit with stinger! Mr. Grunfeld, raise the fleet."Grunfiled saw two viridian flares flashing with a bright green ring like a mist halo. "Ambush," he said. "At least two cruisers."They were approaching Uranus with the faint hope there were survivors from the First Uranus Expedition. What will they find if they can get past the Enemy?

Charley has decided to keep a journal of his exploits as a schoolboy. He chronicles his adventures with his friends and his observations of their behavior with regard to his Christian religious upbringing. As he matures, so does his relationship with God.

"Rig ship for the snowbank orbit! Snowbank orbit with stinger! Mr. Grunfeld, raise the fleet."Grunfiled saw two viridian flares flashing with a bright green ring like a mist halo. "Ambush," he said. "At least two cruisers."They were approaching Uranus with the faint hope there were survivors from the First Uranus Expedition. What will they find if they can get past the Enemy?

Ten year old Bob Taylor was miserable. School was boring. He was tired of chores at home. He fell asleep feeling grumpy and irritable. Hearing his name called, he awoke to find a green goblin in his room. Fitz Mee invited him to visit Goblinland. Off he went to the land where you do as you please.

Richardson was the astronaut chosen for the test. He had passed every one of the grueling preliminary tests with flying colors, mental and physical, and as far as could be judged by science, he had seemed to be the perfect specimen, mentally and physically, for the job.The job was to be the first man to be sent to space and return safely to Earth. The test was going well until Richarson started talking in a strange language. What was happening? What did it mean?