Starlings

by Jo Walton

And that’s the secret to short things, and what I needed to think about when thinking about the length something should be: the weight of the ending.

We make our own history, both past and future.

About fifty years ago they got cloning straightened out. Nobody much bothered with it. Not as if there weren’t already lots of people. Sure, some people had kids as little personal faxes to the future, but it wasn’t common.

THREE SHOUTS ON A HILL