Resnick, Mike (ed) - Men Writing Science Fiction as Women / Резник, Майк (ред) - Мужчины, которые пишут НФ как женщины [2003, EPUB, ENG]

Not Quite Immaculate short story by Tom Gerencer G-Bomb short story by Ron Collins Together Forever at the End of the World novelette by Scott Edelman Crossing the Border short story by Barry N. Malzberg Relativity short story by Robert J. Sawyer A Small Goddess short story by John Teehan A Woman's Touch short story by Ralph Roberts Staying Still short story by Stephen Leigh The New Breed short story by Michael A. Burstein In the Heart of Kalikuata short story by Tobias S. Buckell Rachel short story by M. Shayne Bell Maternal Instincts novelette by Jack Nimersheim Skimming Stones short story by Bradley H. Sinor A Tale of the Oroi novelette by Robert Sheckley Summer short story by Jack Dann Digging in Gehenna novelette by David Gerrold Zolo and the Jelly Ship short story by Nicholas A. DiChario Love Story short story by Frank M. Robinson Mom's Paradox short story by Dean Wesley Smith

ALIX: Like most fairies, I wasn’t sure at birth if I wanted to be basically bad or basically good. It was all very new for me then and right from the start I had many decisions to make. I hadn’t even chosen my sex, or my name. Nor did I yet have a reason for living. A reason for living is more important to a newborn fairy than anything, even sex, which is pretty good no matter which gender you choose to be, or at what age you choose to start indulging in it. I thought I had time to decide all that sort of thing later. But the question of what I was here for—my purpose—my reason for living—couldn’t wait, since it was what would guide, shape, and instruct my actions from this moment onward. Things were made more difficult for me because I was alone: My parents weren’t present after I was born. Even in the long years afterward (and a fairy’s years are very long years), I never did see my father. As for my mother, all that remained of her, there in the cottage in Attica where I was born, was a fragrant memory of someone who went away shortly after giving birth to me. . . .