Deathbird Stories

Copyright

A Bluejay Special Edition, published by arrangement with the Author.

First Bluejay Edition: December 1983

Copyright © 1975, 1976, 1980 by Harlan Ellison

Copyright © 1983 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation

Cover art by Barclay Shaw

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All persons, places and organizations in this book—except those clearly in the public domain—are fictitious, and any resemblance that may seem to exist to actual persons, places, or organizations living, dead, or defunct is purely coincidental. These are works of fiction.