Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory

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"Eumenides on the Fourth Floor Lavatory"
Author Orson Scott Card
Country United States
Language English
Published in Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories
Publisher Dial Press
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Publication date 1980
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Short story collection

"Eumenides on the Fourth Floor Lavatory" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories and Maps in a Mirror.

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It deals with a sinful man who finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours. As mentioned in the title, this creature (who first appears in a lavatory on the fourth floor) is one of the Eumenides of Greek mythology: beings who dole out vengeance for violence against one's own family or for violating "natural" laws.

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