Dirt
by Paul Brockman
Jack Pepper is dead. Good for the plot, but not so good for Jack. By happy coincidence, Crum and Ampit—ambitious grinfangs of the planet Dirt—need a dead engineer. With a stolen spell, the grinfangs make sure Jack doesn’t stay dead. A win-win situation for everyone, perhaps, but Jack, far from being grateful, goes on the run when he finds out what the acquisitive pair want of him