This
novela first appeared in Interzone
magazine in the UK. I incorporated it into Freeze
Frames, and later it appeared in The
Year’s Best Science Fiction, twelfth annual edition, edited by Gardner
Dozois. Although the political situation in America had improved somewhat since
I wrote it, I still hope that the story doesn’t turn into prophecy one grim
day.
This story was originally
published in a small press collection of work set in the “Tunnels and Trolls”
universe. I’ve changed the place names to avoid copyright problems, not I
suppose that Ken St. Andre cares much anymore.