title: The Review of Contemporary Fiction: XXXII, #1: Review of Contemporary Fiction: Robert Coover Festschrift, Volume XXXII, No. 1
author: John O'Brien LL. CSS
description: Jane O'Connor and John O'Brien also collaborated on the companion title "Sir Small and the Dragonfly," They both live in New York City.
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  We Could Do Worse
  by Gregory Benford
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  Copyright (c)1988 Gregory Benford
  First published in Cheap Street: New Castle, VA, 1988
  Fictionwise Contemporary
  Alternate History
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         Everybody in the bar noticed us when we came in. You could see their
  faces tighten up. The bartender reached over and put the cover on the
  free-lunch jar. I caught that even though I was watching the people in the
  booths.
         They knew who we were. You could see the caution come into their eyes.
  I'm big eno