For Natalie, it isn’t easy growing up as the only human creation of a mad scientist (including a time machine, of course) and his gorgeous, shapely wife—especially when you have the name of Natalie Doom and a leaning toward feminism).
Apparently I inherited Mama’s looks and Papa’s brains. Again and again in my life I’ve gotten the best of a bad bargain.

Variants

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  1. “The Strange Desserts of Professor Natalie Doom” by Kat Beyer, in Strange Horizons, 22 August 2005.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kat Beyer