by Kate Daniel

Artificial intelligence and nanotech are usually considered in terms of their effect on industry and medicine. But advances in technology frequently bring new art forms into being as well. As we approach the frontier of true machine-based intelligence and art, though, we may find ourselves facing moral dilemmas dating back to antiquity. This story has never before been published -- a Book View Cafe exclusive!

by Kate Daniel

What happens if a flipped coin comes up tails instead of heads? What happens if an airplane lost over the Pacific Ocean zigs left instead of right? In this alternate history, one of the most famous lost pilots in history, Amelia Earhart, manages to find land and goes on to write a very different chapter in the history of human flight.

first published in *By Any Other Fame* DAW Books, Jan. 1994

by Kate Daniel

Stories sometimes follow a strange path from the first idea to print. This one began when I was asked to submit a story for an anthology about Coney Island. Since I'm not a New Yorker, I started off at a disadvantage! But I did some reading about its heyday in the 19th century, which coincided with a great influx of European immigrants. I added in my love for Greek myths, and came up with "Wood Song." But the anthology never came out. So there I was, with a story about a nymph on Coney Island and no market. Until, that is, some years later, with Katharine Kerr invited me to join a different anthology, this one dealing with forests. "Wood Song" was waiting, and it finally appeared in ENCHANTED FORESTS, published by DAW Books in December of 1995.

by Kate Daniel

Anyone of a romantic turn of mind who has ever encountered Alfred Noyes heroic poem "The Highwayman" or enjoyed a caper movie such as "Ocean's Eleven" can probably appreciate the sympathy that otherwise honest writers sometimes feel for these dashing law-breakers. When a group of writers decided, some years back, to write some fantasy and science fiction stories about these criminals, I claimed the romantic Mexican bandidos that date back to Pancho Villa and before. After all, I once lived in Mexico and currently live less than a hundred miles from the border. But I brought my story into the present day, to face a problem that's very modern. This story first appeared in the anthology "Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues," edited by Jennifer Roberson and published by DAW Books in June of 1997.

by Kate Daniel

Is the past always what we remember? Turn the kaleidoscope and see... first published in *Realms of Fantasy Magazine*, December, 1997