Rules of Biology

Dale Bailey Asimov's 07-08|18 2018

ShortStory 5,699 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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In a world where children’s genetic makeup changes to match a step parent’s, a divorced father deals with the imminent loss of his child.

Alternate History Fatherhood Restrained Prose

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Family Bleak Introspective Guilt Speculative Fiction Literary SF Unsettling Urban Social SF Melancholic Literary Grief And Loss Contemporary Close Third Person Identity Character Driven

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