 It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies.The stories originally appeared in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" and "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and are set in the easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios" was included in the "Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories".