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Stalin's Teardrops

Ian Watson

First published 1990
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In Stalin's administration, cartographers continually modify maps as directed, surreptitiously creating hidden zones where people can live more freely, if they can find their way there.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1990 Cover Weird Tales, Winter 1990/1991 Terminus MAGAZINE 68
May 1991 Cover Stalin's Teardrops and Other Stories Gollancz Collection 7
March 1992 Cover Stalin's Teardrops VGSF Collection 7
1994 Cover Lenins Zahn und Stalins Tränen Heyne Anthology 368
September 1995 Cover The Best of Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 146
1996 Cover The Best of Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 146
September 2011 Cover Stalin's Teardrops and Other Stories Gateway / Orion Collection
April 2014 Cover The Best of Ian Watson PS Publishing Collection 211
April 2014 Cover The Best of Ian Watson PS Publishing Collection 211
October 2025 Cover 地球の鏡の中で イアン・ワトスン奇想短篇集 Vitamin SF picopublishing Collection 88