The Star: Oui June 1984

[Pogue Mahone]

One might speculate that Linda Leigh was the muse for this one...

 

[Andreas]

I really enjoyed this one. Thanks a lot.

 

[Black Swan]

some of these lines... :)

his eyes seemed to have sunken into his skull; he stared out much like a man who was hiding within himself.

 

[zobraks]

Just for the record: this story was published in Betting on the Muse, so (technically*) it is not uncollected.
*petty changes start in the second sentence of the collected version