"I can't stay long, dear, the egg minder is watching the eggs to make sure that they're at the right temperature, but I don't like trusting those things for longer than necessary. Never as sensitive as a mother's underbelly, that's what I say, no matter what the advertising says ( Read more... )

I stood in the sun's X-ray, feeling my bones melt and dissolve and wondering if I would live beyond the sunrise. It had been six hundred years--on the early side, for the transform, according to the notes of those who were left behind. Many didn't risk it until a thousand years, when the odds were 80 percent of success. And we didn't even know if ( Read more... )

The trick to it was not dying. Once you got past that, it was easy. It was a hell of a trick, though, and just because he'd managed it--once--didn't mean this time would be any easier. He looked back over his shoulder and saw the bullyboys approaching warily, their eyes on the singularity. On the other hand, they didn't look like they'd be much ( Read more... )

I expire in two days. That's been rough to adjust to. I mean, I always knew I'd expire someday, but I never actually went around hunting to figure out my expiration date--that's not in my nature, or so I thought. I didn't find out what my expiration date was until another me tried to kill us. Then I had some serious reason for wondering why and ( Read more... )