Plusβ¦ A selection of short stories with Blumleinβs signature mix of horror, βhardβ science, and wicked humor. βFidelityβ coolly deconstructs adultery with the help of an exuberant tumor, an erotic cartoon, and a male malady. βY(ou)r Q(ua)ntifi(e)d S(el)fβ will reset your Fitbit and your workout as well. βPaul and Meβ is a love story writ extra-large, in which an Immortal from Fantasy comes down with a distinctly human disorder. In the chilling βKnow How, Can Doβ a female Frankenstein brings romance to life in the cold light of the lab.
And Featuring:Our overly intrusive Outspoken Interview, in which the ethics of experimental medicine, animal surgery, the poetry of prose, cult film acclaim, Charles Ludlam, Darwin, and gender dysphoria all submit to examination.
Michael Blumlein is a medical doctor and a respected SF writer whose novels and stories have introduced new levels of both horror and wonder into the fiction of scientific speculation. His work as a cutting-edge medical researcher and internist at San Franciscoβs UCSF Medical Center informs his acclaimed stories and novels as they explore what it means to be trulyβif only temporarilyβhuman.