Looking For Futures

By James D. Macdonald and Debra Doyle

Contains:

"The Last Real New Yorker in the World"
It's the future. New York City is an amusement park. And the guy who calls himself The Last Real New Yorker in the World is about to get an offer he can't refuse.

"Dies Irae"
First time in print! A military SF story in the Groogleman/Land of Mist and Snow continuity.

"Remailer"
Pretty Enid is looking for lost Fremont. She hires a not-reporting to look for him. That starts a wild ride of mystery and death in a far future of mixed-gender and lost genetics.

"Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen"
The grooglemen come by night and leave death behind them. Nothing is as it seems. Not even the grooglemen.

"Crossover"
A young girl lives on a space station. One corridor leads nowhere; its far door is always locked. Until, one day, it isn't.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James D. Macdonald
• Release date: Apr 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476322285

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Looking for Futures

Science fiction stories by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald

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The Last Real New Yorker in the World copyright  1991-2012 by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

Dies Irae copyright 2012 by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

Remailer copyright 1999-2012 by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen copyright 1993-2012 by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

Crossover copyright 1995-2012 by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

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Table of Contents

The Last Real New Yorker in the World

Dies Irae

Remailer

Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen

Crossover

About the Authors

THE LAST REAL NEW YORKER IN THE WORLD

by

James D. Macdonald & Debra Doyle

The supercharged Dusenberg landed in front of the house just as Jimmy Moskovitz was on his way to work. Dutch Schultz and Mad Dog Coll stepped out.

Get in the car, Jimmy, the Dutchman said. You're going for a ride.

Coll held open the Doozie's front door. Jimmy Moskovitz slid inside and glanced to his left. The man behind the wheel was Killer Burke.

Coll and Schultz got into the back seat, and Burke put the car in motion.

I've been expecting something like this for quite a while, said Moskovitz. But aren't you guys mixing up your periods a little? Fred Burke came before Vincent Coll and Arthur Fleigenheimer had their feud.

This is the way the boss likes it, and I like what the boss likes, so shut up, Dutch explained.

Come on, Schultz, Jimmy said. The real Dutchman never had a boss. He's turning over in his grave to hear you talk like that.

Silence was the only reply from the back of the car. The driver turned south onto the Detroit/Indianapolis flyway and picked up speed to join the pattern.

The flyway bent east to circle the Chicago Crater. This has something to do with New York, doesn't it? Moskovitz said.

That's NewYorkLand™ to you, scum, Killer said. You'd better talk right.

'Land,' maybe. But not 'New York.' I still say it.

That's what the boss wants to talk to you about, Coll said. You've been responsible for a dip in attendance all by yourself.

So they send the clowns to get me, Moskovitz said. He looked up to heaven and raised his hands in a 'why me' gesture. Sometimes I think I lived too long.

I can fix that, said Burke.

Shut up, Schultz said.

They dropped out of the main flight path at the Ossining interchange, and took local control from the NewYorkLand grid from there on in. They flew down the broad expanse of the Hudson at low altitude and slow speed: all the traffic in this branch was coming to and from the tourist landing