BCS 041: Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood
By Aliette de Bodard
Issue #46, July 1, 2010

His pain is too much; we cannot hide any longer. In a flutter of copper wings, we descend from the pine tree, settle near Nezahual: the hummingbirds on his shoulders; the parrots on the stone rim of the fountain; the lone quetzal balancing itself on the handle of the broom.

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Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris, where she has a day job as a computer engineer. In addition to four stories in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, her fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy and Asimov's. Her first novel, Servant of the Underworld, was released by Angry Robot/Harper Collins in January 2010. She has been a Writers of the Future winner and a Campbell Award finalist.  Visit http://www.aliettedebodard.com for more information.

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