Trying to remember short story ...

Gwern Branwen · 25 Oct 2011, 14:18 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:18:02 -0400
Subject: (urth) Trying to remember short story ...
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Antonin Scriabin
<kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think it was from
> Endangered Species, but I am not sure).? It involves a woman and man on
> vacation at a beach house.? The man sees a ship on the horizon one day, and
> shortly after that, the girl disappears and he goes searching for her.? He
> strikes a deal with the captain of the odd ship in order to save her.? I
> won't describe the ending so as to keep from spoiling it for someone else,
> but hopefully someone can help me remember the name!? Thanks!

_Endangered Species_'s first story, 'A Cabin on the Coast'.

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