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The River Styx Runs Upstream

Dan Simmons

First published April 1982
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The story Simmons presented at the Clarion workshop in 1981, and which later won the <i>Twilight Zone</i> magazine competition. Set in a society able to resurrect the dead, it relates the story of a family dealing with the mother's return after her ceremonial burial. Although living, something essential appears to be missing from the resurrected.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (13)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1982 Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1982 TZ Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 36
October 1982 Great Stories from Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine TZ Publications, Inc. Anthology 92
1984 Night Cry: TZ Special #1 TZ Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 23
January 1991 Prayers to Broken Stones Dark Harvest Collection 15|2
January 1991 Prayers to Broken Stones Dark Harvest Collection 15|2
February 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Collection 9
February 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Collection
May 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Bantam Spectra Collection 17
October 1992 Midnight Graffiti Warner Books Anthology 318
November 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Feature Collection 19
February 1993 Midnight Graffiti Warner Books / SFBC Anthology 318
January 1995 Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 277
October 1997 Prayers to Broken Stones Bantam Spectra Collection