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Short Story

The Crawlers

1954

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A small community near a radiation laboratory begins producing children unlike their human parents. Officials and families struggle to respond as the new arrivals develop a society of their own.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 29, 1953

    Composition: no later than Oct 29, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 29, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 29, 1953

  3. Jul 1954

    First published Jul 1954

    Imagination