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Amba William Sanders From Gardner Dozois - The Years Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006) William Sanders is a semi-retired author who has been writing speculative fiction professionally since the 1980s. He first wrote a number of well-received novels and then turned to the short story, which he considers his strongest form. Many of his tales have appeared in this magazine, including the recent Nebula finalist Dry Bones (May 2003). We are delighted that Will came out of his semi-retirement to write the following story of the all-too-near future. The client looked at his watch and then at Logan, raising an eyebrow. Logan nodded and spread his hands palm-down in what he hoped was a reassuring gesture. The client shook his head and went back to staring at the clearing below. His face was not happy. Rather than let his own expression show, Logan turned his head and looked toward the other end of the blind, where Yura, the mixed-blood tracker, sat cross-legged with his old bolt-action Mosin rifle across his lap. Yura gave Logan a ragged steel-capped grin and after a moment Logan grinned back. When he could trust his face again he turned back to look out the blind window. The sun was high now; yellow light angled down through the trees and dappled the ground. The early morning wind had died down and there was no sound except for the snuffling and shuffling of the half-grown pig tethered on the far side of the clearing. The client was doing something with his camera. It was quite an expensive-looking camera; Logan didnt recognize the make. Now he was checking his damned watch again. Expensive watch, too. Definitely an upscale client. His name was Steen and he was an asshole. Actually, Logan told himself without much conviction, Steen wasnt too bad, certainly not as bad as some of the other clients theyd had. He had a superior attitude, but then most of them did. But he was impatient, and that made him a real pain in the ass to have ar