Last Plane to Heaven

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

LAST PLANE TO HEAVEN

Copyright © 2014 by Joseph E. Lake, Jr.

Foreword copyright © 2014 by Gene Wolfe

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Lake, Jay.

[Short stories. Selections]

Last plane to heaven: the final collection / Jay Lake.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-7653-7798-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-5847-3 (e-book)

I. Title.

PS3612.A519L38 2014

813'.6—dc23

2014019792

e-ISBN 9871466858473

First Edition: September 2014