Synopsis
<b>From the rear cover of the Axolotl Press TPB:</b> "By any other name... - When Winston Seton abandoned his publishing firm for a few weeks, he wanted to leave it call behind. The stress. The deadlines. <p>The mistakes. <p>Then, on a beach in Atlantic City, he meets a little girl. A girl too little to be on her own and too big not to know better than to trust strange men. A girl who asks him for ice cream and sits beside him on a sea wall watching the sunrise before disappearing among the people ont the beach. <p>Near Middletown, he meets Jeremy Kersh of the FBI. A man looking for the same girl, claiming that she is the missing granddaughter of millionaire Joe Milliken. But the child Kersh seeks is two years old. <p>The girl in Atlantic City is four. <p>Another mistake? <p>Or something far more bizarre, something nameless the FBI want to keep secret and will stop at nothing to obtain? <p>A story of love and the rediscovery of life by Hugo and Nebula sward-winning author Kate Wilhelm, one of the most vibrant and thought-provoking voices in fiction."
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | HOMer Award | Novella | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1993 | Hugo Award | Best Novella | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1993 | Locus Poll Award | Best Novella | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1994 | Nebula Award | Novella | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (10)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1992 | Naming the Flowers | Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing | Chapbook | |
| June 1992 | Naming the Flowers | Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing | Chapbook | |
| June 1992 | Naming the Flowers | Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing | Chapbook | |
| June 1992 | Naming the Flowers | Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing | Chapbook | |
| February 1993 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1993 | Mercury Press, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 108 |
| June 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 448 |
| June 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 448 |
| September 1993 | Best New SF 7 | Robinson | Anthology | 448 |
| September 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press / SFBC | Anthology | 448 |
| March 2020 | Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm, Volume 1 | Centipede Press | Collection | 197 |