"Cargo to Callisto" by Jay B. Drexel, is a thrilling science fiction short story set in a futuristic world of interplanetary societies, where Joe Caradac and his wife, Sarah, are plunged into peril when four dangerous criminals, the Aarnians, escape from a Martian detention center. These Aarnians possess the terrifying ability to abandon their bodies and invade the minds of others, unleashing a wave of unsettling events that disrupt Joe's ordinary life. As strange occurrences and the bizarre behavior of those around him intensify, Joe uncovers a sinister plot linked to his seemingly harmless companions, leading to a climactic battle of psychic wills that challenges the very essence of human consciousness, identity, and survival as he confronts the chilling reality of the Aarnians' existence and their desperate quest to reclaim their physical forms.
Cargo to Callisto
By Jerome Bixby
In a world where minds can be weapons, a man must fight to protect himself and those he loves from ruthless criminals who can possess the bodies of others.
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About the AuthorDrexel Jerome Lewis Bixby was an American short story writer and scriptwriter. He wrote the 1953 story "It's a Good Life", which was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. It formed the basis of a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone and was remade in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). He wrote four episodes for the Star Trek series: "Mirror, Mirror", "Day of the Dove", "Requiem for Methuselah", and "By Any Other Name". With Otto Klement, he co-wrote the story upon which the science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage (1966), the related television series, and the related Isaac Asimov novel were based. Bixby's final produced or published work so far was the screenplay for the 2007 science fiction film The Man from Earth.
Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby was an American short story writer and scriptwriter. He wrote the 1953 story "It's a Good Life", which was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. It formed the basis of a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone and was remade in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). He wrote four episodes for the Star Trek series: "Mirror, Mirror", "Day of the Dove", "Requiem for Methuselah", and "By Any Other Name". With Otto Klement, he co-wrote the story upon which the science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage (1966), the related television series, and the related Isaac Asimov novel were based. Bixby's final produced or published work so far was the screenplay for the 2007 science fiction film The Man from Earth.
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