A Bird in the Hand

A Heroka story Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. Lilith Hoyl awakes to find herself a prisoner in a top-secret government laboratory. To win her freedom, all she needs to do...is prove that she's human. If you enjoy shape-shifter and conspiracy stories, you'll enjoy this tale. It's a very interesting turn-around story, in which our expectations are upended at the last minute. ...a good read, and sadly, far too relevant to our own present world. The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf ...great fun to read Dreams and Speculations ...has a woman fed chemicals to prove whether shes human or a shape-shifter ... well worth reading. SF Crowsnest Reviews Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:978-0-9918007-5-9 Single Author : Douglas Smith Original Source : New_Files_07_15B Sorted Author by LN, FN: Smith, Douglas Title Length : 018 Title Parm D : A Bird in the Hand Title Parm F : A Bird in the Hand Title Parm G : A Bird in the Hand Title Parm A : A Bird in the Hand Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 6746 Uncomma Author : Douglas Smith Num of Aut : 1 Norilana Books presents the third volume of an exciting new annual anthology series of science fiction featuring powerful and remarkable women.

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Warrior Wisewoman 3 includes stories by Gwendolyn Clare, Joel Richards, Aimee C. Amodio, Bruce Golden, Jennifer R. Povey, Al Onia, Melissa Mead, Swapna Kishore, Susanne Martin, Alfred D. Byrd, Susan Tsui, Gary Kloster, Therese Arkenberg, Paul Abbamondi, Kathy Hurley, William Highsmith, Leslie Brown, John Walters, and Douglas Smith.

Aurora Award Finalist Lilith Hoyl awakes to find herself a prisoner in a top-secret government laboratory. To win her freedom, all she needs to do is prove that she's human. Urban fantasy; shapeshifters (A Heroka short story) Reviews "It's a very interesting turn-around story, in which our expectations are upended at the last minute. ...a good read, and sadly, far too relevant to our own present world." —The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf "...great fun to read" —Dreams and Speculations "...has a woman fed chemicals to prove whether she's human or a shape-shifter ... well worth reading." —SF Crowsnest Reviews Aurora Award Finalist A Heroka Story Lilith Hoyl awakes to find herself a prisoner in a top-secret government laboratory. To win her freedom, all she needs to do is prove that shes human. A very interesting turn-around story, in which our expectations are upended at the last minute. ...a good read, and sadly, far too relevant to our own present world. The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf ...great fun to read Dreams and Speculations ...has a woman fed chemicals to prove whether shes human or a shape-shifter ... well worth reading. SF Crowsnest Reviews