Cover for Orpheus with Clay Feet
Short Story

Orpheus with Clay Feet

1964

About this story

A dissatisfied man buys a trip into the past to inspire a famous artist. His chosen encounter with a science-fiction writer turns the promise of creative influence into a comic problem for literary history.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Apr 16, 1963

    Composition: no later than Apr 16, 1963

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Apr 16, 1963

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Apr 16, 1963

  3. 1964

    First published 1964

    The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat · Underwood-Miller