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.
[edit] Stories
Deuces Down contains the following short stories:
| Story | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| "Storming Space" | Michael Cassutt | The first landing on the moon, when the world wasn't watching. |
| "Four Days in October" | John J. Miller | Digger Downs finds a secret ace in the Dodgers team, during the 1969 World Series. |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" | Walton Simons | In the Great New York City blackout of 1977, a beast is loose from the zoo. |
| "A Face for the Cutting Room Floor" | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Bradley Finn has to investigate Grace Kelly's whereabouts, when she suddenly disappears from the filming of The French Lieutenant's Woman. |
| "Father Henry's Little Miracle" | Daniel Abraham | A priest that can turn water into wine gets involved with the Mafia. |
| "Promises" | Stephen Leigh | As the black trump 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 | During Halloween, an ace and a deuce must find a valuable item in Jokertown. |
| Preceded by Black Trump |
Deuces Down 2002 |
Succeeded by Death Draws Five |
