Form: Novella
Year: 1995
Publication history:
- 1995 : Asimov's Mid-December 1995 (m) ,
- 1996 : Omni Online (ol) , Omni
- 1996 : Year's Best Science Fiction (pb) , Harper & Row
- 2000 : Fictionwise (ol) , Fictionwise
A near-future story about an LA plagued by small volcanoes and lava floes. The residents of a halfway house are recruited to help out, but they all have their own problems, of course. Good story, well written, if not earth-shaking (excuse the pun).