NMLP P-005478 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Carrion Comfort (novella, original appearance)

Dan Simmons · Omni magazine · 1983

For the novel, the true first is the 1989 Dark Harvest book; the 1983 Omni appearance is the first appearance of the shorter text only, noted for completists rather than as the novel's first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005478 for "Carrion Comfort (novella, original appearance)" by Dan Simmons (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005478, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).