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Start the Clock

Benjamin Rosenbaum

First published August 2004
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

In a near future where children remain fixed at certain ages until they "start the clock" and begin to mature physically, a group searches for a new home to purchase together.

External Links

escapepod.org

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2005 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (17)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2004 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2004 Spilogale, Inc. MAGAZINE 106
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC Anthology 27
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 22
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 22
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2005 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology
February 2006 Start the Clock Fictionwise Chapbook
March 2007 Escape Pod, EP099 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
August 2008 The Ant King and Other Stories Small Beer Press Collection 60
August 2008 The Ant King and Other Stories Small Beer Press Collection 61
August 2008 The Ant King and Other Stories Small Beer Press Collection |61
October 2008 The Exquisite Corpuscle Fairwood Press Anthology 71
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 651
March 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology |22
July 2013 Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology Hydra House Anthology 177
July 2013 Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology Hydra House Anthology 177
September 2015 The Ant King and Other Stories Feedbooks Collection 65