▁original ▁collections ▁of ▁short ▁stories ▁are ▁quite ▁scar ce , ▁though ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁edition ▁of ▁Cold ▁Hand ▁in ▁Mine ▁are ▁very ▁pl ent iful . ▁ ▁The ▁Model : ▁A ▁Nov el ▁of ▁the ▁Fant astic ▁( New ▁York : ▁Ar bor ▁House , ▁ 1 9 8 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁nov ella ▁which ▁remained ▁un pub lished ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime . ▁A ick man ▁had ▁hoped ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁work ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Edward ▁G ore y . ▁According ▁to ▁Mike ▁Ash ley , ▁" A ick man ▁bem o an ed ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁publish er ▁interest ▁in ▁this ▁work ▁of ▁about ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁words ." ▁ ▁T art arus ▁Press ▁published ▁a ▁new ▁collection ▁of ▁un pub lished ▁and ▁un collect ed ▁fiction ▁and ▁non - f iction ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁as ▁The ▁Str angers ▁and ▁Other ▁Writ ings . ▁ ▁Awards ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁A ick man ▁received ▁the ▁World ▁Fant asy ▁Award ▁for ▁short ▁fiction ▁for ▁his ▁story ▁" Pages ▁from ▁a ▁Young ▁Girl ' s ▁Journal ". ▁This ▁story ▁had ▁originally ▁appeared ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁in ▁The ▁Magazine ▁of ▁Fant asy ▁& ▁Science ▁F iction ; ▁it ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁Cold ▁Hand ▁in ▁Mine . ▁The ▁winning ▁of ▁this ▁award ▁pleased ▁A ick man ▁imm ens ely , ▁as ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁he ▁considered ▁it ▁his ▁best ▁story . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9