Catori stood at the edge of the Snowqueen’s Veil, the inland sea that never melted even during the four weeks of nightless summer. She had thrown off her sealskin coat, [...]
Issue: November 2007
Heroic Measures
Rip, tie, cut toy man—Greg Egan, Permutation City
It ain’t a popular stance these days, but me, I still hang with Velvet. It ain’t his fault, yo. Somebody sold him a bill [...]
To the Moment
We are not extinct. There are sixteen of us, and I’m pregnant. I only just found out.
I like to travel. Not by plane, because on long flights I get restless, [...]
Redemption Tattoo
The door rattled violently on its hinges in the haste of Paul’s exit. As every head in the restaurant turned to stare, I found myself once again having to ask [...]
Brothers
Selfran and Seldard were of the same womb. They came into the world on the same day and within the same hour. It was a hard birth, but it did [...]