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With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope

Kate Wilhelm

First published November 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Constance and Charlie

Synopsis

A married couple who work as investigators are commissioned by an insurer who is worried that a client is planning suicide; they find him mysteriously controlled by a strange woman.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1982 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1981 Listen, Listen Houghton Mifflin Collection 147
November 1981 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 23, 1981 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 20
March 1983 Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders Davis Publications Anthology 10
April 1983 Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders The Dial Press Anthology 10
December 1984 Listen, Listen Berkley Books Collection 129
October 1986 Isaac Asimov's Choice Robert Hale Anthology 16
June 1995 A Flush of Shadows St. Martin's Press Collection 1
June 1996 A Flush of Shadows Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Collection 1
July 2013 Listen, Listen Gateway / Orion Collection
March 2020 Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm, Volume 1 Centipede Press Collection 653