ɪt wʌz fˈɜːst pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn ɐmˈeɪzɪŋ stˈoːɹiz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt ænd ɐpˈɪɹz ɪnðə bɹˈɪnz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən ænθˈɑːlədʒi ˈʌðɚnəs.
It was first published in Amazing Stories in 1988 and appears in the Brin's 1997 anthology Otherness.