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Dropping to the floodplain, the street ends with a massive stone building from the 19th Century. Daffy produces a stream of ever-more-improbable wares, and is violently rebuffed with each attempt. ”“‘Men never think ahead,’ Marion said. Steven Popkes, “The Crocodiles,” F&SF, May/June.

”“The question is, what’s in it for me? You know I’ve come close to the editing suites before. Michael felt better. ” She nodded, as if he’d made a profound, game-changing point. The voice Nakada had heard, she thought at first was coming from one of the patients; it reminded her of sounds she had once heard in Siam, made