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Household Words; or, the Powers-That-Be

Howard Waldrop

First published 1994
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In an alternate universe where Victorian England had mastered the use of a mysterious force for industrial purposes, an alternate Charles Dickens performs a public reading of the alternate version of his famous Christmas story.

First published in Amazing Stories, Winter 1994.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1994 Cover Amazing Stories, Winter 1994 TSR MAGAZINE 7
November 1994 Cover Christmas Magic Tor Anthology 416
February 1997 Cover Going Home Again Eidolon Publications Collection 57
February 1998 Cover More Amazing Stories Tor Anthology 184
July 1998 Cover Going Home Again St. Martin's Press Collection 57
December 2000 Cover More Amazing Stories Tor Anthology 184
November 2003 Cover A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 163
March 2007 Cover Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Old Earth Books Collection 175
March 2007 Cover Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Old Earth Books Collection 175
June 2009 Cover A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales Aspect / Warner Books Anthology
March 2014 Cover Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Small Beer Press Collection |175
October 2014 Cover Going Home Again St. Martin's Press Collection 57
November 2016 Cover Christmas Magic Tor Anthology 473
January 2026 Cover Masters of Science Fiction: Howard Waldrop Centipede Press Collection 385