Deuces Down
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Deuces Down is the sixteenth volume in the Wild Cards
shared universe
fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin
. Published in 2002, it differed from the other novels in that it featured deuces (aces with a minor or useless power) as the main characters.
Wild Cards
Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, but it is mostly pulled together and edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin with assistance by Melinda Snodgrass, also a...
shared universe
Shared universe
A shared universe is a fictional universe to which more than one writer contributes. Work set in a shared universe share characters and other elements with varying degrees of consistency. Shared universes are contrasted with collaborative writing, in which multiple authors work on a single story....
fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
. Published in 2002, it differed from the other novels in that it featured deuces (aces with a minor or useless power) as the main characters.
Stories
Deuces Down contains the following short stories:| Story | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| "Storming Space" | Michael Cassutt Michael Cassutt Michael Joseph Cassutt is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author. His notable TV work includes producing or writing, or both, for The Outer Limits, Eerie, Indiana, Beverly Hills, 90210, and The Twilight Zone... |
The first landing on the moon, when the world wasn't watching. |
| "Four Days in October" | John J. Miller John J. Miller (author) John Joseph Miller is a science fiction author known for his work in the Wild Cards shared universe. He has published four novels, as well as a handful of short stories. He also wrote GURPS Wild Cards, a supplement for the GURPS role-playing system published in 1989... |
Digger Downs Digger Downs Thomas "Digger" Downs, created by Steve Perrin, is a minor character from the Wild Cards series of anthology books.Digger is an investgative reporter for Aces magazine, a periodical on the lives of the Wild Cards universe's more publicly known Aces... finds a secret ace in the Dodgers team, during the 1969 World Series World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy... . |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" | Walton Simons | In the Great New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... blackout Power outage A power outage is a short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area.There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network... of 1977, a beast is loose from the zoo Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.... . |
| "A Face for the Cutting Room Floor" | Melinda M. Snodgrass Melinda M. Snodgrass Melinda M. Snodgrass is a professional writer best known for her work in science fiction for print and television media.... |
Bradley Finn has to investigate Grace Kelly Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of... 's whereabouts, when she suddenly disappears from the filming of The French Lieutenant's Woman The French Lieutenant's Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman , by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras, which Fowles translated into English in 1977... . |
| "Father Henry's Little Miracle" | Daniel Abraham Daniel Abraham (author) Daniel Abraham is a prolific American science fiction / fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. His novelette Flat Diane was nominated for the Nebula Award... |
A priest that can turn water Water Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a... into wine Wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast... gets involved with the Mafia Mafia The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering... . |
| "Promises" | Stephen Leigh Stephen Leigh Stephen W. Leigh is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, artist, and musician. He also works as a lecturer at Northern Kentucky University, teaching creative writing.Steve Leigh lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.- Works :... |
As the black trump Black Trump For the Cocoa Brovaz song, see The Rude Awakening.The fifteenth volume in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin. Published in 1995, it is the final book in the "Card Sharks" cycle, with the completion of the Black Trump virus and its release in the world... gets loose in the world, a man finds himself trapped in Rathlin, a joker island near the coast of Ireland. |
| "With a Flourish and a Flair" | Kevin Andrew Murphy Kevin Andrew Murphy Kevin Andrew Murphy is an American novelist and game writer from Northern California. He is a graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz and has a Master of Arts from University of Southern California. He has written gamebooks for Steve Jackson Games and White Wolf. He is one of the... |
During Halloween Halloween Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day... , an ace and a deuce must find a valuable item in Jokertown. |