That was the first story I ever read by Harlan Ellison, in If magazine, long ago; seems appropriate, now he's gone:
https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/ ... dies-at-84
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.co ... 61048/amp/
Here's a an article by a fellow SF writer:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes. ... utType=amp