Cadigan met her first husband Rufus Cadigan while in college ; they divorced shortly after she graduated from KU in 1975 . That same year Cadigan joined the convention committee for MidAmeriCon , the 34th World Science Fiction Convention being held in Kansas City , Missouri , over the 1976 Labor Day weekend ; she served on the committee as the convention 's guest liaison to writer guest of honor Robert A. Heinlein , while also working for fantasy writer Tom Reamy at his Nickelodeon Graphics typesetting and graphic design firm . Following Reamy 's death in 1977 , Cadigan went to work as a writer for Kansas City 's Hallmark Cards . In the late 1970s and early 1980s , she also edited the small press fantasy and science fiction magazines '' Chacal '' and later '' Shayol '' with her second husband , Arnie Fenner
34th World Science Fiction Convention
34th World Science Fiction Convention
Pat Cadigan