Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany is a writer from New York City, who lives in Philadelphia, PA. In 2016, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Filmmaker, novelist, and critic, he is the author of the award-winning books Babel-17 and Dark Reflections, as well as Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series.

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Fiction The Filth issue

First Trip to Brewster

By Samuel R. Delany

He was looking for a rock about the size of David’s. What he found was — of course — a fragment of cinder block.