popular library / questar mmpb first printing, not first p/b (was ace mmpb, 1984)
published by warner books, inc.
first edition was arkham house h/cvr, 1983
reprint collection of two short stories, two novelettes and two novellas, with preface by greg bear
cover art by jim burns (entitled ''the refuge'', in ''tour of the universe'' malcolm edwards, robert holdstock (1980), q.v.) (later collected in ''lightship'' jim burns, chris evans (1985), q.v.)
cover price $4.95 usa, $5.95 can(ada)
256pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, preface, etc; 4 end pp. advertising
the uk collection, ''the venging'' (1992), q.v., includes all the fiction from this, and adds newly-revised versions of two further stories, the eponymous novelette, and the short story, ''perihesperon''.
preface (nf)
the wind from a burning woman (novelette) analog vol.98 #10, 10/1978
the white horse child (short story) ''universe 9'' ed. terry carr (1979), q.v.
petra (ss) omni vol.4 #5, 2/1982
scattershot (ntte) ''universe 8'' ed. terry carr (1978), q.v.
mandala (novella) ''new dimensions 9'' ed. robert silverberg (1978), q.v.
hardfought (nlla) isaac asimov's magazine of science fiction vol.7 #2, 2/1983
reference copy provided by courtesy of tony at the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.