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A captive fur trader claims he can make his skin resist an axe, then wagers his life on a test.
A newcomer crosses the Yukon alone in extreme cold, with a dog whose instincts tell it the journey is unsafe.
A struggling typist finds a small, private universe in the star she watches through the skylight of her attic room.
A hungry starship crew buys a hulking Martian animal, then learns its mind may be more civilized than their own.
Explorers land on a dead planet and discover that one weapon has outlived the civilization it was built to defend.
A shopkeeper notices a corpse that his entire town ignores, then realizes being the only person alarmed may mark him as prey.
On a world where people are born, grow old, and die within eight days, a boy races against his own lifetime to find a way beyond it.
An alien envoy announces Earth’s forced annexation and dares a military research team to overcome his perfect defenses.
Treasure hunters on a remote Pacific island discover that a Martian parasite can unite animals and people into one obedient mind.
Two starving space travelers search an abandoned alien warehouse for anything a human can safely eat.
A lone prospector crosses Venus’s deadliest desert while strict cash-only services deny him the supplies he needs to survive.
A crew guarding Earth against telepathic invaders waits for a detector to reveal the first compromised mind.
An alien organism that converts every attack into food begins spreading across rural New York.
In a ruined Kyoto gate, a hungry servant encounters a stranger whose desperate act forces him to decide what survival permits.
A condemned ritual thief on a dying Mars raids a forbidden vault, hoping that fragments of ancient science can save his people.
