Grist

This novella originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1998. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999), edited by Gardner Dozois, Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future (2002), edited by Gardner Dozois, and The Space Opera Renaissance (2006), edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer. The story is included in the collection The Robot's Twilight Companion (1999).