Science Fiction Stories

Based on the world, setting, and characters in Philip K Dick’s Second Variety. After Sam Walker's space shuttle was destroyed by a mysterious rocket, he thought he'd gotten lucky when another ship came along to rescue him. But when he finds out his rescuers also have his cargo and are holding him and a few others prisoner, he becomes suspicious about what Celmos Corp has him transporting to Mars.

Anybody who wanted to escape death could, by paying a very simple price--denial of life!

There are devices a high-level culture could produce that simply don't belong in the hands of incompetents of lower cultural evolution. The finest, and most civilized of tools can be made a menace.

In search of fantastic unknown creatures and monsters

Mysterious, dark, out of the unknown deep comes a new satellite to lure three courageous Earthlings on to strange adventures.

Channing wanted a planet. Had they sold him a pup?

He stole a ride to the Moon in search of glory, but found a far different destiny.

Poor Butcher suffered more than any dictator in history: everybody gave in to him because he was so puny and they were so impregnable!

Naturally an undertaker will get the last word. But shouldn't he wait until his clients are dead?

Oh, leave it to the bureaucrats and they'll figure out new ways to make you buy more and more.... But there was only one way the poor consumer could rise up in his wrath.