“He said he wanted peace, but I could feel the heat of a blaster aimed at my back.” — Robert Sheckley In the barren isolation of an alien planet, two stranded men—former enemies—must rely on each other to survive. But trust is a dangerous game, and survival comes with a price. Who is friend, and who is foe? In One Man’s Poison, master of speculative fiction Robert Sheckley delivers a taut, ironic, and darkly humorous tale where paranoia, deception, and survival instincts collide in a deadly interstellar standoff. This brilliant short work twists psychological tension into science fiction form, exploring how thin the line between civility and savagery can be when humanity is stripped to its core.