# Short Fiction — Chapters explained > Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds. - [Tourists to Terra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/tourists-to-terra.md): Captain Foren and his crew manage a luxury cruise ship for wealthy thrill-seekers, who participate in primitive wars for sport. After a tourist is injured at Troy, the Captain decides to move the ship forward in time to - [Not in the Rules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/not-in-the-rules.md): Gladiator Jak Demsi, having survived the Interplanetary Meet's free-for-all, faces a tribunal of judges and diplomats who accuse him of violating the contest's code of honor. He defends his tactics—throwing the emerald t - [The Martians and the Coys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/the-martians-and-the-coys.md): Maw Coy brings food to her family's moonshine still, where her simple son Lem dreams of shooting a Martin. Meanwhile, a Martian commander reports to his superior about a failed invasion attempt in Kentucky, where their a - [Mercy Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/mercy-flight.md): Phil Mooney, a former space-force pilot turned independent space hauler, risks everything to rush a critically ill eight-year-old girl, Lillian Marshall, from Luna to Earth for emergency medical treatment after her paren - [Halftripper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/halftripper.md): The narrator, a spaceman in a Mars bar, encounters a halftripper—a victim of space cafard—and an old man named Joseph. Joseph shows compassion for the halftripper, prompting a discussion on salvation and inner peace. The > 76 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=short_fiction_36_se_1231kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest. - [The Cosmic Bluff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/the-cosmic-bluff.md) - [Dogfight—1973](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/dogfight-1973.md) - [Potential Enemy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/potential-enemy.md) - [Off Course](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/off-course.md) - [The Galactic Ghost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/the-galactic-ghost.md) - [Happy Ending](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/happy-ending.md) - [After Some Tomorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/after-some-tomorrow.md) - [Unborn Tomorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/unborn-tomorrow.md) - [The Good Seed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/the-good-seed.md) - [Summit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/summit.md) - [Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/revolution.md) - [The Coordinator's Charge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv.md) - [The Conference of the Divided Teams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v.md) - [The Valley of Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vi.md) - [The War Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii.md) - [The Decade's Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii.md) - [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix.md) - [The Fortieth Year Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x.md) - [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi.md) - [Chapter XII: The Reckoning at Rigel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii.md) - [Combat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/combat.md) - [Medal of Honor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/medal-of-honor.md) - [I'm a Stranger Here Myself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i-m-a-stranger-here-myself.md) - [Gun for Hire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/gun-for-hire.md) - [Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/freedom.md) - [Ultima Thule](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ultima-thule.md) - [Farmer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/farmer.md) - [Chapter I: The Tuareg and the Reporter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v.md) - [Status Quo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/status-quo.md) - [Mercenary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/mercenary.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v.md) - [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vi.md) - [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii.md) - [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii.md) - [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix.md) - [The Glider Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x.md) - [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi.md) - [Subversive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/subversive.md) - [The Common Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/the-common-man.md) - [Frigid Fracas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/frigid-fracas.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v.md) - [The Marshal's Predicament](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vi.md) - [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii.md) - [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii.md) - [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix.md) - [The Glider Gambit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x.md) - [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi.md) - [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii.md) - [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xiii.md) - [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xiv.md) - [Chapter XV: The Proletarian Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xv.md) - [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xvi.md) - [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xvii.md) - [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xviii.md) - [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xix.md) - [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xx.md) - [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xxi.md) - [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xxii.md) - [Spaceman on a Spree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/spaceman-on-a-spree.md) - [The Gold Watch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i.md) - [The Trap is Sprung](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii.md) HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters