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HE FELT HIMSELF BEING WRENCHED AND FLUNGтАФ

AS IF ACROSS SOME IMAGINABLE DISTANCE OF TIME OR SPACEтАж

The aged face of the man who called himself James Rater Bailey had worn a snarl when they left him
alone in the cell with Doug. His gnarled fingers clutched at the tattered charms he always wore about his
throat and he muttered something, as if praying to the devils it had been said he worshipped.

Doug has never sought help, knowing he could expect none. It had been a fair fight after he was
attacked, and the hoodlumтАЩs death had been an accident. Doug could have escaped if he had not called
for an ambulance. But he had not asked for mercy even after he had learned the drunk was the son of the
stateтАЩs Governor. He had faced their gas chamber without pleading.

тАЬDoug.тАЭ The old manтАЩs voice had been urgent. тАЬI came to help youтАФfor your grandfatherтАЩs sake.тАЭ

Doug snorted. тАЬMiracles donтАЩt work against cyanide.тАЭ

тАЬDoug, listen. You wonтАЩt believe meтАФnobody ever did. But take this!тАЭ A tiny capsule had fallen from his
crooked hand.

Now, fighting the spasms from the deadly gas, Doug seemed to be dreaming . . of another time and
placeтАж


THE LAST DREAM


GORDON R. DICKSON
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

These stories have appeared previously, in a somewhat different form, as follows:

тАЬSt. Dragon and the George,тАЭ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1957. ┬й Fantasy House, Inc.,
1957.

тАЬThe Present State of Igneos ResearchтАЭ and тАЬYe Prentice and Ye Dragon,тАЭ Analog, January 1975. ┬й Conde Nast
Publications, Inc., 1974.

тАЬA Case History,тАЭ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1954. ┬й Fantasy House, Inc.

тАЬThe Girl Who Played Wolf,тАЭ Fantastic, August 1958. ┬й Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1958.

тАЬSalmanazar,тАЭ Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957. ┬й Mercury Press, Inc., 1962.

тАЬWith Butter and Mustard,тАЭ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957. ┬й Fantasy House Inc.,
1957.

тАЬThe Amulet,тАЭ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1959. ┬й Mercury Press, Inc., 1959.

тАЬThe Haunted Village,тАЭ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1961. ┬й Mercury Press, Inc., 1961.