World's Best Science Fiction - First Series - By Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr by First Series

Author:First Series [v1.0] [Series, First]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

“She didn’t look that way,” I said at random.

“No, she doesn’t.” He took another drink and then sat for a while with the empty glass between his hands, staring at it.

“I suppose you have Contacts?” he said at last. It was a pretty odd question, and I answered it automatically out of sheer surprise.

“Well—yes of course I have!”

“I haven’t,” he said. “Not now. Not any more. Damn that woman!”

I felt the nape of my neck prickle. If he was telling the truth—well, he was a kind of living ghost! Everyone I knew had at least one Contact; I had three. My wife and I had a mutual, of course, like all married couples, and as insurance against our being killed together in a car wreck or by some similar accident I had an extra one with my kid brother Joe and a third with a guy I’d known in college. At least, I was fairly sure I did; I hadn’t heard from him in some months and he might perhaps have expunged me. I made a mental note to look him up and keep the friendship moving.

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