"The Children of Crèche" by James Alan Gardner

AE Reads Skiffily by AE uSoes1

Apr 24, 201885:40Arts

Who needs kids, anyway? This episode features "The Children of Crèche" by James Alan Gardner (jamesalangardner.com). Originally an entry in the 1989 Writers of the Future Contest (where it won Grand Prize) and later anth...

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