The Fire When It Comes
1981 short story by Parke Godwin
"The Fire When It Comes" is a fantasy short story by American writer Parke Godwin. It was first published in the January 1981 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Plot summary
A young couple rents an apartment that is haunted by the ghost of an actress.
Reception
"The Fire When It Comes" won the 1982 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella,[1] and was a finalist for the 1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette[2] and the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[3]
Kirkus Reviews considered it to be "dandy", judging it to be the best story in Godwin's 1984 identically-named collection The Fire When It Comes.[4] Mike Ashley called it 'powerful'.[5]
References
- ^ 1982: the 8th World Fantasy Convention, at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved September 4, 2018
- ^ The Fire When It Comes, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved September 4, 2018
- ^ 1982 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAward.org; retrieved September 4, 2018
- ^ THE FIRE WHEN IT COMES, by Parke Godwin, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews, published April 20, 1984; retrieved September 4, 2018
- ^ Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990, by Mike Ashley; published 2016 by Oxford University Press
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World Fantasy Award—Novella
- The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin (1982)
- Confess the Seasons by Charles L. Grant (1983, tie)
- Beyond Any Measure by Karl Edward Wagner (1983, tie)
- Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson (1984)
- The Unconquered Country by Geoff Ryman (1985)
- Nadelman's God by T. E. D. Klein (1986)
- Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card (1987)
- Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988)
- The Skin Trade by George R. R. Martin (1989)
- "Great Work of Time" by John Crowley (1990)
- Bones by Pat Murphy (1991)
- The Ragthorn by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (1992)
- The Ghost Village by Peter Straub (1993)
- Under the Crust by Terry Lamsley (1994)
- Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand (1995)
- Radio Waves by Michael Swanwick (1996)
- A City in Winter by Mark Helprin (1997)
- Streetcar Dreams by Richard Bowes (1998)
- The Summer Isles by Ian R. MacLeod (1999)
- The Transformation of Martin Lake by Jeff VanderMeer (2000, tie)
- Sky Eyes by Laurel Winter (2000, tie)
- The Man on the Ceiling by Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem (2001)
- The Bird Catcher by S. P. Somtow (2002)
- The Library by Zoran Živković (2003)
- A Crowd of Bone by Greer Gilman (2004)
- The Growlimb by Michael Shea (2005)
- Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill (2006)
- Botch Town by Jeffrey Ford (2007)
- Illyria by Elizabeth Hand (2008)
- If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes (2009)
- Sea-Hearts by Margo Lanagan (2010)
- The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon by Elizabeth Hand (2011)
- A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong by K. J. Parker (2012)
- Let Maps to Others by K. J. Parker (2013)
- Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (2014)
- We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory (2015)
- The Unlicensed Magician by Kelly Barnhill (2016)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (2017)
- Passing Strange by Ellen Klages (2018)
- "The Privilege of the Happy Ending" by Kij Johnson (2019)
- Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (2020)
- Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (2021)
- And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (2022)
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