Mighty Angry — Scott Reeves

In a new Gold Rush out on the galactic rim, men are prospecting for Earth-like worlds to meet the demand of an aggressively expanding galactic civilization. They are the Rim Hunters, and these are their stories.

Rim hunter and pirate Owen Phelps is sent to remove the natives from a planet to make way for colonists. What he discovers could alter the balance of power in the galaxy.

NOTE: This is a 4,600-word short story, not a novel.