About Michael Swanwick: Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.
This book is dedicated to all good teachers everywhere, most particularly those of the William Levering School and Central High School in Philadelphia, to whom more is owed than can ever be repaid.
Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?
But there was only so much temptation a man could resist without losing all respect for himself.
