Currently Reading - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection

21. “Sallie C.” by Neal Barrett Jr.

Not science fiction. In an isolated desert hotel the paths of the Wright Brothers, the Rommels, Billy the Kid, someone named Pat Garrett and a Native American stereotype briefly intersect.

Felt like the main appeal was in recognition and revelation, but perhaps someone with a particular interest in those figures might have drawn more from this story.