Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz

This short story first appeared in the January, 1999 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. The author says, “In 1997, I attended LoneStarCon 2 in San Antonio, and happened to see a panel presentation called “Should I Sleep with the Editor?” The panelists were leading SF editors, including Gardner Dozois of Asimov’s Science Fiction. To the amusement of the audience, they read actual cover letters they had received from unpublished authors who were desperate to break into print. These a...