A moment of “Wow!”

I just read “Clotho” in Orbital Hearts. I know it’s a story that didn’t work well for at least one of the reviewers, but I finished it and had one of those moments where my jaw dropped in amazement. I’ll write up a better review when I’ve finished the whole anthology. But for the people who doubt that short stories are simply a more subjective form than novels, this one is absolutely a case that proves the rule. Wow.