James Patrick Kelly, author of this Hugo Award-nominated story, is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award and has been nominated 10 times for the Nebula Award. His stories appear frequently in Asimov's Science Fiction, and he writes the magazine's "On the Net" column. Publishers Weekly has called him "a meticulous craftsman in the demanding short-story form".
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(P) and ©2007 James Patrick Kelly
Hugo Nominee, Best Novelette, 2004