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Survivor

Dave Smeds

First published October 1995
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An American soldier of the Vietnam era acquires a tattoo that seems to imbue him with immortality/invulnerability, leaving him to live out his life while his buddies died on the field of battle.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1997 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1995 Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn HarperPrism Anthology 379
September 1996 The Best New Horror: Volume 7 Raven Books / Robinson Publishing Anthology 157
November 1996 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven Carroll & Graf Anthology 157
May 1999 Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn: Volume 2 HarperPrism Anthology 289
February 2003 Embracing the Starlight Dark Regions Press Collection 307
April 2019 The Unicorn Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 161
April 2019 The Unicorn Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology