The Sisters (short story) with paresis (general paralysis of the insane) when Joyce began his revisions in 1905. The priest having suffered from a sexually transmitted infection would help account for the adult society's negative opinion and disdain for him. The Sisters (short story) "The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called "Dubliners". Originally published in the "Irish Homestead" on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914. ″The
Sandkings (short story collection) Sandkings (short story collection) Sandkings is a collection of science fiction short stories by George R. R. Martin, published by Timescape Books in December 1981. The collection won the Locus Award for best single author collection. The multiple-award-winning title story concerns a race of insectoid, militaristic alien "pets" who worship their master until he badly mistreats them. It was adapted into "The Sandkings," an episode of the new "The Outer Limits", as well as a 1987 graphic novel, published by DC Comics as the seventh and last book of the DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel line, adapted by Doug Moench,