The main character in the short story “dream of the third sun” is monica ducat, a former starship captain. monica’s parents had been bio-fuel engineers, inventing the rocket fuel that first made space exploration affordable. monica never dreamed her parents’ invention would be responsible for her getting stranded on a planet with three suns, and strange alien creatures that came out only at night. what kind of short story is “dream of the third sun”? science fiction fable fantasy adventure