Woman Who Loved the Moon (1981)
“It is a science fiction story, a crime story, a love story, a mystery, a chess story (sort of), a story about sleight of hand, a story about telepathy. Mostly, it is a story about what it feels like to be different. It was written for Cedric Clute, who edited the magical/mystery anthology Sleight Of Crime. It was to go in the second volume. That volume never materialized, and Cedric gave me permission to offer it elsewhere. Roy Torgeson bought it for Chrysalis 2.
* * * The magician’s hands ...say: Look at this!
His feet and legs crossed yogi-fashion in the seat of the armchair in the lounge, Mischa Dramov is playing with the cards. He cuts, shuffles, makes the picked card disappear, plucks it out of the air again. A crowd gathers to watch the impromptu performance. He speaks no patter; he mimes. They murmur applause.
“Misdirection,” he says to them. “Illusion.” (“Mama, why is he so small? I’m bigger than he is!”— “He’s a dwarf, that’s why.”—”Is he sick?”—”No.MoreLess
* * * The magician’s hands ...say: Look at this!
His feet and legs crossed yogi-fashion in the seat of the armchair in the lounge, Mischa Dramov is playing with the cards. He cuts, shuffles, makes the picked card disappear, plucks it out of the air again. A crowd gathers to watch the impromptu performance. He speaks no patter; he mimes. They murmur applause.
“Misdirection,” he says to them. “Illusion.” (“Mama, why is he so small? I’m bigger than he is!”— “He’s a dwarf, that’s why.”—”Is he sick?”—”No.MoreLess
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