Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds

First published	April 1988
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story

A chilling story of corporate greed and irresponsibility. The title is taken from the free-fall experienced by the probably still-living crew of the exploded space shuttle Challenger, until impacting with the ocean 2:45 minutes later.

“Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds” © 1988 by Dan Simmons. First published in OMNI Magazine, April, 1988. (source: Copyright acknowledgments page of Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror)

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April 1988		Omni, April 1988	Omni Publications International Ltd.	MAGAZINE	110
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February 1990		Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2	Legend	Anthology
February 1990		Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2	Legend	Anthology	257\|20
January 1991		Prayers to Broken Stones	Dark Harvest	Collection	281\|19
January 1991		Prayers to Broken Stones	Dark Harvest	Collection	281\|19
February 1992		Prayers to Broken Stones	Headline	Collection	269
February 1992		Prayers to Broken Stones	Headline	Collection
May 1992		Prayers to Broken Stones	Bantam Spectra	Collection	350
November 1992		Prayers to Broken Stones	Headline Feature	Collection	407
October 1997		Prayers to Broken Stones	Bantam Spectra	Collection
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