Looking for a piece of short fiction from Twilight Zone Magazine
November 13, 2019 1:23 AM Subscribe
Looking for a short story titled "Dwindling" by a female author.
Back in the 80's I was a fan of Twilight Zone magazine, and I remember reading this story called "Dwindling" that I would like to find again. I don't remember the author's name but I'm pretty sure it was a female author. In the story, the female protagonist who has just moved to an anonymous suburb struggles to cope with the fact that all of the houses (and people) seem to be the same, with a weird little twist at the end.
I no longer have the magazines and I don't remember which issue it was in. Web searches haven't turned up anything useful. Anyone else remember it?
Back in the 80's I was a fan of Twilight Zone magazine, and I remember reading this story called "Dwindling" that I would like to find again. I don't remember the author's name but I'm pretty sure it was a female author. In the story, the female protagonist who has just moved to an anonymous suburb struggles to cope with the fact that all of the houses (and people) seem to be the same, with a weird little twist at the end.
I no longer have the magazines and I don't remember which issue it was in. Web searches haven't turned up anything useful. Anyone else remember it?
Best answer: You can find that issue and story on archive.org. Here.
posted by DarkForest at 2:16 AM on November 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by DarkForest at 2:16 AM on November 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: Wow, that was fast! Thanks!
posted by all the light we cannot see at 3:17 AM on November 13, 2019
posted by all the light we cannot see at 3:17 AM on November 13, 2019
Harvey Kilobit: "it's the only (science-fiction/fantasy) story she wrote."
Looks like she also published a (literary?) novel Stranger at the crossroads, now held in exactly three libraries: https://www.worldcat.org/title/stranger-at-the-crossroads/oclc/2719471&referer=brief_results
Also a promised historical novel in her short bio on her linked.in page (under the name Annette Lavine):
Looks like she also published a (literary?) novel Stranger at the crossroads, now held in exactly three libraries: https://www.worldcat.org/title/stranger-at-the-crossroads/oclc/2719471&referer=brief_results
Also a promised historical novel in her short bio on her linked.in page (under the name Annette Lavine):
Activities and Societies: Editor of school magazine THE TURRET; drama group, modern dance group, exclusive creative class with Ludwig Lewisohn (only three students acceptable)posted by crazy with stars at 8:25 AM on November 13, 2019
post-grad -- previously published by Warner -- novel, STRANGER AT THE CROSSROAD, short sci-fi fiction in tWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE. many years book critic for the HOUSTON CHRONICLE; taught creative writing seminars in summer conferences at UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON; soon to come out, her first extensively researched historical novel in ancient Egypt - A POISON IN THE BLOOD; PEN NAME: ANNETTE HARD
post-grad -- previously published by Warner -- novel, STRANGER AT THE CROSSROAD, short sci-fi fiction in tWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE. many years book critic for the HOUSTON CHRONICLE; taught creative writing seminars in summer conferences at UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON; soon to come out, her first extensively researched historical novel in ancient Egypt - A POISON IN THE BLOOD; PEN NAME: ANNETTE HARD
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?64482
Published in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone magazine, December 1985. It looks like that's the only place it ever appeared, and it's the only (science-fiction/fantasy) story she wrote.
posted by Harvey Kilobit at 1:51 AM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]