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Tue
24
Nov '09

Body Language at IGMS

Eek! How did I not post this earlier?

My story “Body Language” is now up at OSC’s Intergalactic Medicine Show with an awesome cover illustration which you must now appreciate in all its glory.

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And here’s a teaser of the story.

Saskia leaned into the darkness above the stage, only vaguely aware of the wood rail against her hips as she retied the left headstring on her marionette. On the stage below, the Snow Queen’s head eased into balance. The marionette telegraphed its stance back up the strings to the control in Saskia’s hands. She ran the Snow Queen across the set to check the repair, barely conscious of her own body on the bridge above the stage. It was almost like being immersed in a VR suit.

One of the techies called up. “Hey, Saskia? There’s a detective here for you.”

IGMS does charge $2.50 for access to the full issue, but that gets you a lot of fiction.

5 Comments »

5 Comments

  1. janetl janetl on 24.11.2009 at 12:14 (Reply)

    Love that illustration, madly!

  2. David Barr Kirtley David Barr Kirtley on 24.11.2009 at 12:50 (Reply)

    Wow! That’s seriously one of the best illustrations I’ve ever seen.

  3. Joe Iriarte Joe Iriarte on 24.11.2009 at 14:08 (Reply)

    I saw that amazing illustration on the IGMS facebook page and was blown away by it–I had no idea it was for a story of yours! Reckon I’ll go buy that issue now.

  4. Joe Iriarte Joe Iriarte on 24.11.2009 at 14:09 (Reply)

    (If I were you I would totally want a high-res copy of that. I don’t know if that’s *done* or not.)

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 25.11.2009 at 17:25 (Reply)

      I adore it. I might write to the artist and ask for permission to print it.

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