Here be Monsters

Did you know that the British scientific journal Nature publishes a section, called Futures, edited by Henry Gee, which presents a short science fiction story every issue?

Well, if you go to this week's Futures in Nature, which is available on line (and not behinda firewall) you will see something special. I'm not going tell you what it is, I'm just going to tell you to go and look, read it, and enjoy.

GO!

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hey, Stephanie: congrads!