"Time passed, slipping through the waist of the universe's great hourglass like the eroded soil of this continent slipping down her rivers to the seas."
— Gene Wolfe

January 1, 1970

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Fantasy authorsScience fiction authors from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesCatholics from the United States
Original Language: English

Sources

"Seven American Nights", Orbit 20 (1978), ed. Damon Knight; reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980); reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)