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Another collection of six short speculative fictions by William Mangieri, in which we learn some life lessons: What it is to be human Memory is grey and squishy The past is all we can be sure of It's not over until it's over Maybe we can have it all We are more than our status Includes the short stories: Mutiny on the Star-Bound A night at a carnival takes an odd turn for Martin Henshaw, a humble digital mechanic who is tricked into a job with Transgalaxian, tending cybers far from home. But when he finds himself in the middle of a mutiny on the Star-Bound, Martin begins to wonder: who's rebelling against whom? Reconcilable Differences Madeline doesn't have much hope for her forty-six year marriage; Carl just refuses to remember what 's important. What hope could there be, with all the irreconcilable differences in the way they each see things? Maybe Memory Replacement Therapy holds the answer. New Antiques Tim Crabtree takes time out of his daily harassment by the local bullies to wonder why his new neighbors have built a forty-foot pole in their backyard. Are they trying to get hit by lightning? If he only knew... Dead End Jobs Bryan Riggins doesn't know how long he's been drifting around, but he needs a change, and finds himself waiting in line for a job interview. But what waits for him behind that door? The Re-Entanglement of Grant Decker Are we simply the sum of the choices we've made? What happened to all the other possibilities? Grant can't keep his reality in focus, and he doesn't know whether his life is coming apart or coming together. He's never been one to talk to himself, but maybe it's time. Anti-Social A home body struggles to break social conventions and reach out into a world that's becoming less and less substantial. How do you make yourself real?
