{"product_id":"2940154540039","title":"Just Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get Out of My Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of eight short speculative fictions by William Mangieri, in which we learn some life lessons:\u003cbr\u003eDon’t assume there’s intelligent life out there.\u003cbr\u003eSome people can’t help themselves.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes you have to take chances.\u003cbr\u003eLove could mean never getting to say you’re sorry.\u003cbr\u003eProtect those you love.\u003cbr\u003eThere's more than one way to be immortal.\u003cbr\u003eThe afterlife is what you make of it.\u003cbr\u003eHow to deal with blood relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes the short stories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Collective is All\u003cbr\u003eThe Collective is ALL! At least that's what Abbe's been told, but events lead him to wonder if there might just be some intelligent life \"out there.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflections\u003cbr\u003eWhat are we, really - the sum of our parts, or something less? What if those parts are at odds with each other? How much control do we have over what we turn into?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Kind of Luck\u003cbr\u003eHenry Jacob Dawes is a cab driver with an ear that keeps him out of trouble -- until he has a run-in with someone who has a different kind of luck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL-O-V-E Among the Stars\u003cbr\u003eA space traveler wakes too soon, and must leave the woman of his dreams to the ministrations of another, less-human caretaker.\u003cbr\u003e\"L-O-V-E Among the Stars\" is a speculative fiction of (with hints of a pop standard.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurial Details\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to bury your charges deep.\u003cbr\u003eAn old farmer scraping by after the Sahrian invasion buries his most precious treasures to hide them from the aliens' \"salvation\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmortal\u003cbr\u003eRiddled with a more than terminal disease, Commander Solitaire considers an extreme way to protect the Earth. There's more than one way to be immortal.\u003cbr\u003e(\"Immortal\" is a speculative flash fiction which borrows slightly from Richard III (see if you can spot the influence.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolid People\u003cbr\u003eThe afterlife is what you make of it. A run-in with Mr. Topp’s flatbed strands Sarah and her mother in Newbury. Despite her mother’s warnings about becoming attached to things, Sarah decides to spend her time with some Solid People (a mild, slightly romantic ghost story.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Can't Question the Dead\u003cbr\u003eWe take care of our own.\u003cbr\u003eA father gives some timely advice as he hopes to apprentice his son in the family business. Blood is thicker than water, but whose blood will it be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Currently available at a reduced preorder price. Stories also available individually.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Mangieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149919994096,"sku":"2940154540039","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154540039_p0.jpg?v=1764069149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154540039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}