Seventy-Two Letters

Seventy-Two Letters is a novella that originally appeared in the anthology Vanishing Acts (2000), edited by Ellen Datlow. It can also be found in the anthologies Year's Best SF 6 (2001), edited by David G. Hartwell and Steampunk (2008), edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer. It is included in the collection Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)