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001			on1287262755
003			OCoLC
005			20220103101012.0
008			211206s2021 wau 000 1 eng d
040			_aWIQ _beng _erda _cWIQ _dCHY _dCPL _dNFG
020			_a9781933846125 _q(paperback)
020			_a1933846127 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1287262755
092			_aBISHOP, _bMICHAEL
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBishop, Michael, _d1945- _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aWorks. _kSelections
245	1	2	_aA few last words for the late immortals : _b50 short stories & poems / _cMichael Bishop ; edited by Michael H. Hutchins.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aBonney Lake, WA : _bKudzu Planet/Fairwood Press, _c2021.
300			_a248 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Retrospective ... collection of 50 short pieces (thirty-four stories, fifteen poems or prose-poems, and one ... play about writing SF"-- Page 4 of cover.
500			_a"All selections have been revised to varying degrees from their original publication"--Sources.
520			_aA collection of short fiction, flash fiction, and prose-poems (proems) with a variety of settings and topics. With whimsy, rebellion, anguish, and more, these works cover the expanse of human experience while acknowledging the singularity of each human life.
505	0	0	_tActs of chutzpah / _ran introduction by Sarah Pinsker -- _tAstyage's dream, which he relates to the Magi -- _tLove's heresy -- _tHoneyMoon walk -- _tDarktree, darktide -- _tI, cartographer -- _tTears -- _tThe contributors to Plenum Four -- _tTo a chimp held captive for purposes of research -- _tA father's secret -- _tWished-for belongings -- _tVernalfest morning -- _tThe egret -- _tIn rubble, pleading -- _tGive a little whistle -- _tFor the lady of a physicist -- _tDear Bill -- _tIndependence Day forever -- _tA few last words for the late immortals -- _tIn the memory room -- _tExtinct -- _tThree dreams in the wake of a death -- _tThe balloon -- _tSecrets of the alien reliquary -- _tAnnalise, Annalise -- _tEpistrophy -- _tDead poet parable -- _tMidwifing the world -- _tMenard's disease -- _tThe Alzheimer laureate -- _tHer chimpanion -- _tTired -- _tAn owl at the crucifixion -- _tSequel on Skorpiós -- _tOutside the circle -- _tLast night out -- _tThe mockingmouse -- _tPurr -- _tMiriam -- _tNo appetite for communion -- _tThe Library of Babble -- _tPhilip K. Dick is dead, a lass -- _tCh-ch-ch-changes -- _tThe making of Kid Dibauda -- _tDt. Prida's dream-plagued patient -- _tDid you want to talk? -- _tSeevy -- _tThe grape jelly and mustard method -- _tOne-rhyme sonnet on the mutability of human faith -- _tYahweh's hour -- _tA scaffold.
650		0	_aShort stories, American _y20th century. _973293
650		0	_aShort stories, American _y21st century. _973294
655		7	_aShort stories. _2lcgft _91945
655		7	_aFantasy fiction. _2lcgft _974
655		7	_aFlash fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aProse poems. _2lcgft _9302889
655		7	_aDrama. _2lcgft _91003
700	1		_aHutchins, Michael H., _eeditor.
700	1		_aPinsker, Sarah, _ewriter of introduction. _9388892
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c340335 _d340335