In the future a jaded dilettante purchases a few organisms of an alien species for entertainment, but when he fails to care for them properly they develop into a threat.
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- Thousand Worlds
- contained in A Song of Ice and Fire Series & Moreomnibus
- contained in Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collectionanthology
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- contained in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9anthology
- contained in The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collectionanthology
- contained in The First Omni Book of Science Fictionanthology
- contained in The Hugo Winners, Volume 5anthology
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- contained in The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Storiesanthology