Originally published in the chapbook An Alternate History of the 21st Century, Spilt Milk Press, Summer 2007.

• Locus Recommended Reading List, November 2007
• Reprinted in The Year's Best SF 13, edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Eos)

Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2006.

• 2007 Hugo Award nomination, best novella
• 2007 Nebula Award nomination, best novella
• 2006 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist
• Locus Recommended Reading List, 2007
• Reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition, edited by Rich Horton (Prime Books)
• Reprinted in Czech in Trochu Divné Kusy 3, edited by Martin Šust (Laser Books)
• Translated into Japanese by Yoshio Kobayashi
• Reprinted in Forever Magazine, Issue 43, August 2018.
• Reprinted in ebook format by Sinister Regard Publishers, 26 May 2020.

Originally published online in Salon, November 10, 2003.

• Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21st Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin, New York, NY, July 2004.
• Reprinted in Hungarian as "A végső fájdalomcsillapító " in Galaktika, 10 March 2006.