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"After the Days of Dead-Eye Dee"
© IASFM, May 1985
Letters from Home, 1991
--/ cool sf story

"Another One Hits the Road"
© F&SF, Jan 1984
Patterns, 1989
--novelette : 1985 Locus /21
--/ cool sf story

"Criers And Killers"
© New Dimensions # 11, 1980
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award
--/ shock value


"The Day the Martels Got the Cable"
© 1982, F&SF
Patterns, 1989
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"Death In The Promised Land"
© 1995, IASFM
1995, OMNI Online
--novella : 1996 Locus /18
--/ cool sf novella

"Dirty Work"
© Blood Is Not Enough, ed.E.Datlow, 1989
Dirty Work, 1993
--/ fourth place f story
--/ style award
--/ shock value


"The Final Remake Of..."
© Future Histories, ed. S.McClelland, 1997
Event Horizon Online, 1998

"Fifty Ways to Improve Your Orgasm"
© IASFM, Apr 1992
--Hugo Award 1993, Best Short Story
--Locus Poll Award 1993, Best Short Story /14

--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"Fool To Believe"
© IASFM, Feb 1991
--novella : 1991 Hugo
--novella : 1991 Nebula
--novella : 1991 Locus /6

--/ fourth place sf novella
--/ wonder award

"Freeing The Angels"
(with Christopher Fowler)
(Trader Vic series)
© SciFiction, May 2000
--/ cool sf story

"Life On Earth"
© Sci Fiction, Dec 2001
--novelette : 2002 Locus /11

"Love Toys Of The Gods"
© 1993, OMNI Best SF 3
--short story : 1994 Locus /16
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"Mother's Milt"
© 1992, OMNI Best SF 2
Dirty Work, 1993
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"Nearly Departed"
(Deadpan Allie series)
© IASFM, June 1983
--/ cool sf story

"The Power And The Passion"
© OMNI, Mar 1989
Patterns, 1989
--short story : 1990 Locus /2
--short story : 1991 Nebula

--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award

"Pretty Boy Crossover"
© IASFM, Jan 1986
Patterns, 1989
--short story : 1987 Nebula
--honorable mention : 1987 Sturgeon
--short story : 1987 Locus /9
--short story : 1987 SF Chronicle W

--/ cool sf story

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Pat Cadigan
"Roadside Rescue"

© OMNI, July 1985
"Alien Sex", ed. by Ellen Datlow, 1990
Patterns, 1989
--/ cool sf story

The car breaks, and the before the road crews arrive - aliens starved for human flesh arrive first! Oh yeah, baby, take that - the alien sex ensues, but it's not what you'd expect. The alien in question gets off simply by LISTENING to human beings talk. Oh well, different strokes for the different folks.

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"Rock On"
© 1984, Light Years and Dark, ed.M. Bishop
Mirrorshades, 1986
Patterns, 1989
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award
--/ wonder award
--/ shock value


"Shoot The Moon"
© OMNI, 1989
--/ cool sf story

"Sometimes Salvation"
© Sisters Of The Night, ed. B. Hambly, 1995
--short story : 1996 Locus Poll

"Two"
© 1988, F&SF
Patterns, 1989
--novelette : 1989 Locus
--/ cool sf story

"Witnessing the Millennium"
© Disco 2000, ed. S. Champion, 1999
--/ cool sf story

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