Fire Watch

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“Fire Watch” first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Feb. 15, 1982.

“Service for the Burial of the Dead” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nov. 1982.

“Lost and Found” first appeared in Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, Jan. 1982.

“The Father of the Bride” first appeared in Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1982.

“A Letter from the Clearys” first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1982.

“And Come from Miles Around” first appeared in Galileo magazine, Sept. 1979.

“The Sidon in the Mirror” first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1983.

“Daisy, in the Sun” first appeared in Galileo magazine, Nov. 1979.

“Mail-Order Clone” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Aug. 1982.

“Samaritan” first appeared in Galileo magazine, May 1979.

“Blued Moon” first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Jan. 1984.

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