BugtownMall.com indicates this is part of a larger story arc Howarth calls, "Fire Shrine Trilogy":
•Temple Snare (Howski Studios, 1983) and reprinted (MU Press, 1990)
•The Anti-Chair! (Rhesus Records, 1983) and reprinted as, This Is Heat (MU Press, 1993)
•Faith of the Foe (Fandom House, 1987)
- Parts of this issue are reprinted: