Miracle (44 page)
Authors: Connie Willis
“Greg, it’s me, Stephanie,” the blonde said tearfully. “I’m here.”
Silence.
“I just left my cell phone in the car for a minute while I ran into the grocery store. I’m so sorry. I came as soon as I could.”
Silence again, and then Greg Menotti’s voice, hardly audible. “Too far away for her to come.”
And the steady flatline whine of the heart monitor.
Connie willis
has won six Nebula Awards (more than any other science fiction writer), six Hugo Awards, and for her first novel,
Lincoln’s Dreams
, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her novel
Doomsday Book
won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and her first short-story collection,
Fire Watch
, was a
New York Times
Notable Book. Her other works include
Passage, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake
, and
Uncharted Territory.
Ms. Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family and is hard at work on her next novel.
“Miracle” first appeared in
Asimov’s
, December 1991. Copyright © 1991 by Doubleday Dell magazines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Inn” first appeared in
Asimov’s
, December 1993. Copyright © 1993 by Doubleday Dell magazines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“In Coppelius’s Toyshop” first appeared in
Asimov’s
, December 1996. Copyright © 1996 by
Dell magazines, a division of Crosstown Publishing. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Pony” first appeared in
Mile High Futures
, November 1985, and
Asimov’s.
December 1986. Copyright © 1986 by Doubleday Dell magazines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Adaptation” first appeared in
Asimov’s
, December 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Doubleday Dell magazines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Newsletter” first appeared in
Asimov’s
, December 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Dell magazines, a division of Crosstown Publishing. Reprinted by permission of the author.
This edition contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition.
NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.
MIRACLE AND OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES
A Bantam Book
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Bantam Spectra hardcover edition published November 1999
Bantam Spectra mass market edition / November 2000
All rights reserved.
Copyright © 1999 by Connie Willis.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-15686.
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