“Fetch”, the story I conceived on the way back from ConJosé under the influence of the Space Station IMAX movie, Maureen McHugh’s “Laika Comes Back Safe”, and not enough sleep, is now up on Strange Horizons.

(Thanks to the folks who gave me some feedback on the story’s early incarnations, and props to Jed Hartman for some excellent editing. Any inconsistency, historical inaccuracy, or lack of clarity that remains is the product of my own pig-headedness.)