This story, from Interzone issue 209, has been shortlisted for the 2007 BSFA Award

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The Sledge-maker’s Daughter
by Alastair Reynolds

She stopped in sight of Twenty Arch Bridge, laying down her bags to rest her hands from the weight of two hogs‚Äô heads and forty pence worth of beeswax candles. While she paused, Kathrin adjusted the drawstring on her hat, tilting the brim to shade her forehead from the sun. Though the air was still cool, there was a fierce new quality to the light that brought out her freckles. (more…)


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