by Noel K Hannan
illustrations by Nigel Dobbyn
Previously published in 1997 as a Bad To The Bone booklet, now unavailable.
This story was inspired by the science fiction of 90s writers such as Ian McDonald and, in particular, Walter John Williams. It was, as are all my personal favourites, a 'write-itself' experience, in that I did it in virtually a single sitting and it remained mostly unchanged through to its final draft. Having said that, it has never been published before outside of the booklet that I produced! Go figure...........