t had been ъiviera's. Linda still wore his jacket; she
waved, as he passed. But the third figure, close behind her,
arm across her shoulders, was himself.
Somewhere, very close, the laugh that wasn't laughter.
He never saw Molly again.

Vancouver
July 1983

        MY THANKS

to Bruce Sterling, to Lewis Shiner, to John Shirley,
Helden. And to Tom Maddox, the inventor of ICE.
And to the others, who know why.