Year's Best SF 7
Computer Virus
by Nancy Kress
"It's out!" someone said, a tech probably, although later McTaggart could never remember who spoke first. "It's out!"
"It can't be!" someone else cried, and then the whole room was roiling, running, frantic with activity that never left the workstations. Running in place.
"It's not supposed to be this way," Elya blurted. Instantly she regretted it. The hard, flat eyes of her sister-in-law Cassie met hers, and Elya flinched away from that look.
"And how is it supposed to be, Elya?" Cassie said. "Tell me."
"I'm sorry. I only meant that...that no matter how much you loved Vlad, mourning gets...lighter. Not lighter, but less...withdrawn. Cass, you can't just wall up yourself and the kids in this place! For one thing, it's not good for them. You'll mak ... read full excerpt from Year's Best SF 7 ebook