Her first adultish memory is of a piercing desire, a hunger for her mother, father, and brother that is tinged with fear.

Strength of numbers against foes, in a more populous and rivalsome world, was an added if not paramount consideration.

It would take a phenomenally advanced technology to create that; but then, as we've all suddenly been granted superhuman powers, quantum hyperfield theory is the least of our problems.

More and more my father chooses to decorate the stone surfaces with elaborate cipher, even though Tyndall stone, with its mottled coloring, is thought to be resistant to fine carving.