Open and Shut

Open and Shut is a brief short story in the A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency spinoff series.

It is set between the novels Aurora Rising and Elysium Fire and acts as a bridge between their storylines. It can be read as a midquel between the two novels, or a prequel just before the events of Elysium Fire. The short story features prefect Dreyfus and his superior, Jane Aumonier, as the main characters.

Publication history[]

It was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to Elysium Fire's date of publication. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

It has not been published yet in any book anthology.

Notes[]

The shortest short story in the Revelation Space series, to date.

References[]

↑ New Prefect Dreyfus story, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018
↑ Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)
↑ Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Hachette.co.uk (archived link)

See also[]

Revelation Space series
NOVELS
A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency (crime fiction series, 2007-present) Aurora Rising (2007) \| Open and Shut (short story midquel, 2018) \| Elysium Fire (2018) \| Machine Vendetta (2023) ---- Chasm City (standalone novel, 2001) ---- Inhibitor Cycle (main novel series, 2000-2003, 2021) Revelation Space (2000) \| Redemption Ark (2002) \| Absolution Gap (2003) \| Inhibitor Phase (2021)
ANTHOLOGIES
Galactic North (2006, short stories) Great Wall of Mars \| Glacial \| A Spy in Europa \| Weather Dilation Sleep \| Grafenwalder's Bestiary \| Nightingale \| Galactic North ---- Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003, novellas) Diamond Dogs \| Turquoise Days ---- Other anthologies Deep Navigation (2010) - Monkey Suit (2009) Beyond the Aquila Rift (2016) - The Last Log of the Lachrimosa (2014) Infinite Stars (2017) - Night Passage (2017) Belladonna Nights and Other Stories (2021) - Night Passage (2017), Open and Shut (2018), Plague Music (2021)
PUBLISHED ONLINE
Subterranean Press Magazine (2014, summer issue) - The Last Log of the Lachrimosa (2014) Gollancz / Hachette UK (2018) - Open and Shut (2018)
BEHIND THE SCENES / RELATED ARTICLES
Revelation Space universe \| Alastair Reynolds \| Websites Cultural and scientific references \| Adaptations \| Translations Book cover art \| Fan art

External links[]

Open and Shut (full short story) at Hachette.co.uk

[1] New Prefect Dreyfus story, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018

[2] Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)

[3] Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Hachette.co.uk (archived link)

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