This is a story called "The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds". It was first published in 1984, in KNAVE and was my third published short story. It was reprinted in 1993 ANGELS AND VISITATIONS (although I didn't put it into Smoke and Mirrors) and...
![Мелодия все звучит [The Melody Lingers On-ru]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/melodiya-vse-zvuchit-the-melody-lingers-on-ru_460148.jpg)