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Short Story

Captive Market

1955

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About this story

An elderly shopkeeper has found exceptionally profitable customers: survivors of a future catastrophe. Her ability to reach them across time gives her a troubling degree of control over their prospects.

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Work history

  1. no later than Oct 18, 1954

    Composition: no later than Oct 18, 1954

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 18, 1954

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 18, 1954

  3. Apr 1955

    First published Apr 1955

    If