Carrie Vaughn's stories have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, Talebones, and other publications. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. For more about her, see her website. To contact her, send her email.
You saw her for the first time at your front door, like she wanted to sell you something or convert you. She had light hair and dark eyes, and she was wearing fatigues, which was the only way you knew that your panicked prayers of the last few minutes had not come true. “Don’t freak out,” she said. “I’m you. From—uh, let’s just say from the future. Can I come inside?”
