Skin Game

by Charles E. Fritch

Working on the theory that you can skin a sucker in space as well as on Earth, the con team of Harding and Sheckly operated furtively but profitably among natives of the outer planets. That is—until there was a question of turnabout being fair play in a world where natives took their skinning literally!

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

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Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

🖍️ Wow! Wow! Wow! What a great and entertaining short story! Sure, it's a bit gruesome, but that is what makes this story carry the message. The Project Gutenberg e-book has the original illustration, too.

📙Published in IF - Worlds of Science Fiction - Volume 3, number 3 - May 1954: Prominent Author; Descent; The Ties That Bind; The Genius; Perchance to Dream; Skin Game; Fly by Night; Forsyte's Retreat; Methuselah's Grandparents

*˚˚*•̩̩͙How I happened upon this book: I like discovering short stories to read in the evening. There were a few more of these Golden Age science fiction books in a recent search at both Project Gutenberg and Kindle.

🟢The e-book version can be found at Project Gutenberg.
🟣 Kindle.
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[Forked Radish · Rating 3 out of 5]

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