Monday, February 26, 2018

"Inelastic Collisions"

by Elizabeth Bear
originally published Inferno, 2009

Gretchen and Tamara are a pair of "fallen" hounds of Tindalos, stranded here on earth in human form (or disguised as humans).  Appearing as a pair of hot party chicks, they hang out in bars playing pool and using their wiles and their pool-playing mastery to find human prey.

An overweight man in a wheelchair comes to them one night.  He plays them and astounds them by winning.  He invites them back to his apartment.  He, too, is a fallen outer creature.  He tells them they need to get used to being human.

I confess that the point of this well-written story, and any connection to the F.B. Long original, escapes me.  




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