"The Fire When It Comes" is afantasy short story by American writerParke Godwin. It was first published in the January 1981 issue ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
A young couple rents an apartment that is haunted by the ghost of an actress.
"The Fire When It Comes" won the 1982World Fantasy Award for Best Novella,[1] and was a finalist for the 1981Nebula Award for Best Novelette[2] and the 1982Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[3]
Kirkus Reviews considered it to be "dandy", judging it to be the best story in Godwin's 1984 identically-named collectionThe Fire When It Comes.[4]Mike Ashley called it 'powerful'.[5]
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