Another collection of six short speculative fictions by William Mangieri, in which we learn some life lessons:It's hard to be left behind.You can't be brain-washed if you have no memory.One being's possession is another's salvation.Little things can make all the difference.It's amazing what you can find at a flee market.Be careful what you smoke.Includes the short stories:Bugging OutChange is hard to deal with under the best of circumstances, but what do you do when everything you know seems to be disappearing around you? A lonely, cantankerous shopkeeper struggles to keep what's left of his world.The Unreliability of the Mature MindIt's frustrating to deal with the inconsistencies of dimentia and it's effects on maturing minds, but what if our defense against a future invader depended on that unreliability? Can mind control work on someone who can't control their own mind?My Brother's KeeperA space traveler lands on a primitive planet, and contends with the backwards philosophy of some brown-robed brethren as he tries to rescue his own brother's spirit. What would you be willing to do to save a soul from oblivion?The Black SpotOn a routine shift, one of the miners is exposed to The company doctor says it's just in his head, and he's right, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing. There may be a Workman's Comp claim here…Flee MarketsSmall town summer doldrums can leave your imagination wanting to flee away with you, taking you to far-away places - or maybe even bringing them to you for a time. Samantha Sanger has a chance encounter with a slightly disreputable merchant and learns that the limits to what you can be sold go beyond cold hard cash. Purveyors of controlled artifacts must choose their customers carefully.Canabis alienus 'alien dope'L.D. had always been an unapologetic pot-head, but something has gone wrong and he's fallen off the radar. Eric returns home for what he thinks is going to be a simple intervention, but turns something else. Be careful what you smoke…(stories also available individually) William Mangieri is a karaoke junkie, former theater student, and recovered wargamer who spends as much time wondering "what if?" as "why not?". He writes from Texas, where he and his family live at the mercy of the ghost of a nine-pound westie.William writes mostly speculative fiction (that's science fiction, fantasy and horror), although he also has a detective series with a soft sci-fi element (Detective Jimmy Delaney.) He completed writing his first novel (Swordsmaster) in 2019; prior to this, he has honed his skills on short fiction. He has been published in Daily Science Fiction and The Anarchist, and six of his stories have earned Honorable Mentions in the Writers of the Future contest

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