The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich

Overview:

• Title: The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich
• Author: Fritz Leiber
• Year: 1996
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

This Lovecraftian novella about time travel was lost for 50 years, and appeared in Omni Online in February 1996. George Kramer travels to Smithville to visit his two college roommates, where he finds that Daniel Kesserich has become the town's Mad Scientist, John Ellis' wife was recently poisoned in an orchard, and small red stones have a tendency to appear out of nowhere - marking a path from Kesserich's lab to the orchard.

Awards:

• 1998. The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich: A Study of the Mass-Insanity at Smithville Locus Poll, Best Novella (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1996. Omni Online, Feb 1996 (1996, unknown, Magazine)
• 1997. The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (March 1997, Fritz Leiber Tor, ISBN-10: 0312854080, $18.95, 125 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1998. The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (June 1998, Fritz Leiber Tor, ISBN-10: 0312866224, $9.95, 125 pages, Trade, Novel)

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