Stories of Fremont's Children

By Brenda Cooper, Danielle Ackley-McPhail and John A. Pitts

What Happens When The Universe Is Not Big Enough For Everyone?

Differences define us. They set us at odds with the world.

How we handle such conflicts establishes our character.

For good or ill, Fremont’s Children are full of character. Battling society. Each other. Themselves. Eking out a place to live and be free i

• Language: English
• Publisher: eSpec Books
• Release date: Nov 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781949691047

Brenda Cooper

BRENDA COOPER is a futurist who works with Glen Hiemstra at Futurist.com.  She’s the co-author of the novel Building Harlequin's Moon, which she wrote with Larry Niven.  Her novel The Silver Ship and the Sea won the 2008 Endeavour Award. Her solo and collaborative short fiction has appeared in multiple magazines, including Analog, Asimov’s, Strange Horizons,  Oceans of the Mind, and The Salal Review.  She lives in Kirkland, Washington.

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