Unredacted Reports from 1546
by Leah Cypess
An 18-year-old history student hopes to show that her research subject, 16th-century poet
Lucia of Gonzaga, was a modern woman supressed by her time period, but as the traveling
student sends messages back to her 21st-century mentor, she reveals more than just
history as she’d hoped it would be.
— Michael Main
You were wrong about my age, though. In the sixteenth century, I’m an adult. I am physically mature and able to bear children, and that’s
all that matters. No one cares about the completeness of my frontal lobe.
“Unredacted Reports from 1546” by Leah Cypess, Future
Science Fiction Digest #11, June 2021 [e-zine · webzine].