Open and Shut is a brief short story in the A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency spinoff series.
It is set between the novels Aurora Rising and Elysium Fire and acts as a bridge between their storylines. It can be read as a midquel between the two novels, or a prequel just before the events of Elysium Fire. The short story features prefect Tom Dreyfus and his superior, Jane Aumonier, as the main characters.
Publication history[]
It was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to Elysium Fire's date of publication. [1] [2] [3]
In 2021, it saw its first publication in book form, in the new Alastair Reynolds anthology Belladonna Nights and Other Stories.
Notes[]
- The shortest short story in the Revelation Space series, to date.
Gallery[]
Belladonna Nights and Other Stories (2021) - second publication, first book publication (Subterranean Press)
References[]
- ↑ New Prefect Dreyfus story, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018
- ↑ Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)
- ↑ Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Hachette.co.uk (archived link)
See also[]
External links[]
- Open and Shut (full short story) at Hachette.co.uk
- Overview of Open and Shut at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)