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Stroke of Mercy

Parke Godwin

First published September 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

An American student in 1806 Paris gets into a duel over the honor of the woman he loves; but this is complicated by his having intermittent visions of the horrors of the wars of the future.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1981 Cover Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, September 1981 TZ Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 32
April 1984 Cover The Fire When It Comes Doubleday Collection 82
May 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 355
June 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 355
October 1990 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Dorset Press Anthology
December 1991 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Macdonald Anthology
October 1992 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Warner Books UK Anthology