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Interurban Queen

R. A. Lafferty

First published December 1970
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In an alternate reality where interurban rail transit has allowed the continuation of a pleasantly Victorian social development, those who create and drive motorcars are dangerously antisocial psychopaths who must be eradicated without hesitation.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1970 Cover Orbit 8 G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 184
March 1971 Cover Orbit 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 189
March 1971 Cover Orbit 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 189
1973 Cover Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 139
June 1974 Cover Orbit 8 Rapp & Whiting / Andre Deutsch Anthology
March 1975 Cover Looking Ahead Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 87
1979 Cover Dagen van gras, dagen van stro Meulenhoff Collection 262
July 1979 Cover Car Sinister Avon Anthology 134
November 1983 Cover Histoires de la quatrième dimension Le Livre de Poche Anthology 335
January 1984 Cover Ringing Changes Ace Books Collection 257
October 1985 Cover Urania #1008 Mondadori MAGAZINE 130
December 1986 Cover Alternative Histories Garland Publishing Anthology 239
December 1991 Cover Lafferty in Orbit Broken Mirrors Press Collection 203
December 1991 Cover Lafferty in Orbit Broken Mirrors Press Collection 203
1999 Cover Lafferty in Orbit Wildside Press Collection
April 2016 Cover Lafferty in Orbit Gateway / Orion Collection
April 2019 Cover The Best of R. A. Lafferty Gollancz / Orion Collection 56
February 2021 Cover The Best of R. A. Lafferty Tor Collection 47
February 2021 Cover The Best of R. A. Lafferty Tor Collection 47
February 2021 Cover The Best of R. A. Lafferty Tor Collection 47
August 2025 Cover The Man Who Lost His Magic Centipede Press Collection 245
August 2025 Cover The Man Who Lost His Magic Centipede Press Collection 245