# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Frederik Pohl.

- [Asteroid of the Damned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/asteroid-of-the-damned.md): MacCauley, a T.P.L. agent, finds himself stranded and penniless on the asteroid Pallas after being robbed. He attempts to report the crime to the local Kiddie police but is thwarted by a corrupt Venusian interpreter who 
- [Conspiracy on Callisto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/conspiracy-on-callisto.md): The chapter follows Peter Duane as he is arrested on Callisto and brought before Governor Andrias, who reveals a conspiracy involving the manipulation of time and reality. Duane learns of a plot by the Old Ones to contro
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md): Peter Duane wakes up in a sick bay on a spaceship bound for Callisto, suffering from amnesia after a violent altercation with a man named Stevens during a course change. The nurse, who seems to know him, tells him Steven
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md): Peter Duane, suffering from amnesia, is taken by Governor Andrias to a palace-like prison on Callisto. Andrias pressures him to sign a release for a cargo of electron rifles disguised as food supplies, but Duane refuses.
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md): Duane ransacks Andrias's office, knocks him unconscious, and subdues a guard. He disguises himself in the guard's uniform and escapes the building. He then makes his way to the airfield and boards the rocket transport 'C

> 62 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=short_fiction_18_se_985kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Double-Cross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/double-cross.md)
- [Let the Ants Try](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/let-the-ants-try.md)
- [The Tunnel Under the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/the-tunnel-under-the-world.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Pythias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/pythias.md)
- [The Day of the Boomer Dukes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/the-day-of-the-boomer-dukes.md)
- [I: Foraminifera 9](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i-foraminifera-9.md)
- [II: Shield 8805](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii-shield-8805.md)
- [III: Cow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii-cow.md)
- [IV: Sandy Van Pelt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv-sandy-van-pelt.md)
- [V: Priam’s Maw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v-priam-s-maw.md)
- [The Engineer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/the-engineer.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Survival Kit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/survival-kit.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [The Hated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/the-hated.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Wolfbane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/wolfbane.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/v.md)

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