{"product_id":"2940046551532","title":"Dark Star Safari","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark Star Safari: Thirteen stories of stories comprising 2 novelettes, and 11short stories of science fiction, fantasy and the paranormal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark Star Safari: When secret agent Space Force Captain Sherry Travers lands on Planet Garthon, behind the enemy Tenduran Empire’ borders, and hires a guide to take her to meet the leader of a weapons manufacturing and smuggling operation, her hired guide turns out to be more than she expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nature of the Beast: You expect the story you’re reading to go one way, and unexpectedly it twists. As a writer, I sometimes like to change things around...\u003cbr\u003eCan android parents raise a human child?: In a world recovering from a double asteroid strike, where billions have died, and androids have taken up many human burdens, you may wonder how well an android couple can raise a human child. And what happens when their human daughter comes home from her first semester of college and makes a shocking announcement?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Book Value: You need to buy your daughter her first good, pre-owned spaceship? After checking the net ads, you go to some short, slimy dealer and try to bargain him down in price, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrouble With Cat-alogs: Collier’s Planet. Young Cindy MacBain needs to go off the wildlife reserve into town to have her annual physical for school. But taking her pet cat-analog into town is against local laws. What happens when the animal sneaks a ride into town? (This story is a continuation of Adventures in Wildlife Exobiology from my first anthology, A Twist in Time.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite Feather: Where did the tall tales of Sasquatch originate? Well, let me tell you about Luis White Feather...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResonant Effect: Awakened from another of those strange dreams caused by the Santa Ana Winds ionizing the air around his trailer, Fred continues working on the whatever-it-is the dreams have been providing him the engineering plans to construct. But what the heck is this thing going to be? And how will it affect Earth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhost of a Chance: Even death won’t stop this psychic detective from solving crimes! Join Ronald Horowitz as he gathers a circle of friends to aid in his never-ending quest for justice. Oy...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalse Positive: Planet Stratford 5. When Dr. Barbara Walden discovers a false positive in a simple blood test for E. coli, it creates a race against time to find a cure to save the families of Gamma Colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncient Magic: When Master Orthis, Headmaster of the Ordovician College of Sorcery, attempts to save the College from the fury of a raging volcano, he must first defeat a power-hungry sorceress. Can Orthis survive both a volcano, and a mad sorceress? (This story is a continuation of Too Much Magic from my first anthology, A Twist in Time.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Adventure That Never Happened: Dr. Watson describes one of those cases that didn’t quite pan out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaces in the Doors: Ever notice how you see faces where there are none? In a cloud? In the bark of a tree? In the grain of the wood paneling of your home? Sure, picking out faces is just a survival mechanism built into our species. But did it ever freak you out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Passage to Carnalia: The work of a space-freighter captain can be arduous, dangerous, tedious, and sometimes disgusting. But it also offers prestige, and certain perks...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Holt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075237953776,"sku":"2940046551532","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046551532_p0.jpg?v=1763695141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046551532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}