{"product_id":"2940046383409","title":"Still Even More Things I Could Get Out of My Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnother collection of six short speculative fictions by William Mangieri, in which we learn some life lessons:\u003cbr\u003eIt’s hard to be left behind.\u003cbr\u003eYou can’t be brain-washed if you have no memory.\u003cbr\u003eOne being’s possession is another’s salvation.\u003cbr\u003eLittle things can make all the difference.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s amazing what you can find at a flee market.\u003cbr\u003eBe careful what you smoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes the short stories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBugging Out\u003cbr\u003eChange 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Unreliability of the Mature Mind\u003cbr\u003eIt'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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Brother’s Keeper\u003cbr\u003eA 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Black Spot\u003cbr\u003eOn a routine shift, one of the miners is exposed to something...different. 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlee Markets\u003cbr\u003eSmall 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanabis alienus ‘alien dope’\u003cbr\u003eL.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 into... something else. Be careful what you smoke…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(stories also available individually)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Mangieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148723339504,"sku":"2940046383409","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046383409_p0.jpg?v=1763691781","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046383409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}