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(Translated by Alex Shvartsman) K.A. Teryna is an award-winning author and illustrator. She was born in two places at once—one of which is beyond the Arctic Circle. Her fiction has been translated from Russian into six languages. English translations of her stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Reactor, Apex, F&SF, Podcastle, and elsewhere. Her English-language short story collection Black Hole Heart and Other Stories was published by Fairwood Press. As of late, Chekhov the Cat has become K.A. Teryna’s coauthor. He’s in charge of keeping her warm and firmly in her seat. The author’s latest story is about a protagonist