Bright of the Sky
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They resumed walking, this time in silence, until they spied the cottage. Rob waved from the porch.
Caitlin waved back. To forestall anyone joining them prematurely, she planted her feet in the cool sand and looked up at him. "How old would she be, Titus?" She knew that Sydney was always on his mind.
"How old? Nearly twenty, I think.... She'll be grown. When I bring her home." He looked out toward the horizon, thrashing in the distance. "I'm afraid she'll look exactly like a young Johanna."
Caitlin sighed. "That would be wonderful. And hard."
"About sums things up." His expression suddenly changed, and Caitlin followed his gaze to the nearest dune, where Mateo had appeared.
"Uncle Titus!" Mateo waved, summoning his uncle to see his latest beach find.
Titus turned to her. "Can lunch wait?"
Getting her nod, he headed off to the dune where Mateo waited. "We'll be just a second," he said.
"Take your time, Titus," Caitlin called after him.
ABOUT THE JUTHOIt
AY KENYON grew up in northern Minnesota, where winters are long znd books, particularly science fiction books, could take you awaythe farther, the better. She was in thrall to the alien worlds of authors like Sil- verberg, Le Guin, and Herbert. She never lost that early love of alternate worlds, but creating her own would have to wait through several careers in the real world. After professions in TV and radio copywriting, acting in commercials, and promoting urban transportation alternatives, she at last turned to fiction writing. Since then she has published six science fiction novels, including Tropic of Creation, The Seeds of Time, Maximum Ice, and The Braided World. The latter two were short-listed for the Phillip K. Dick and John W. Campbell awards, respectively. Her short stories have appeared in such recent anthologies as I, Alien; ReVisions; Live without a Net; and Stars: Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian. Kenyon's work has been translated into French and Russian. Bright of the Sky launches her first series, The Entire and the Rose. She is president of a writing conference, Write on the River, in eastern Washington State, where she lives with her husband. You can visit her Web site at www.kaykenyon.com.
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