Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

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Jeff Somers
Nov 09, 2025
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Written 25 years ago. When stories contemplate genetic engineering of future humans, they often focus on superpowers or how alien future generations might be to their forebears. But I always think it’ll be more practical than that: What about when your children are just so much better than you that their very existence is an insult?

Mrs. Wilson wrung her…

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