Harlan Ellison: Deathbird Stories

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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