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file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswijk/Mijn%20documenten/spaar/Catherine%20Asaro%20-%20Fortune%20and%20Misfortune.txt Lisa Goldstein: Fortune and Misfortune First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1997. Nominated for Best Short Story. This is my story, but first I have to tell you about Jessie. Jessie and I met at an audition. My agent had told me they were looking for someone to play a contemporary high school kid so I dressed the part–torn baggy jeans, white T-shirt, red flannel shirt tied around my waist. I’d been waiting for about five minutes when Jessie walked in and gave her name to the receptionist. She wore one of those dress-for-success costumes that make women look like clowns–skirt and jacket of bright primary colors (hers were red), big buttons down the front, hugely padded shoulders. She looked at me and then down at herself and laughed and grimaced at the same time. It was an oddly endearing expression, the gesture of someone who knows how to poke fun at herself. You’re so clever, she said. She glanced at her outfit again. I’ve probably blown it already. She looked as if she wanted to talk further, but just then the receptionist called her name. I felt annoyed–I’d been waiting longer than she had, though I knew that that had nothing to do with Hollywood’s pecking order. She was file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswi...atherine%20Asaro%20-%20Fortune%20and%20Misfortune.txt (1 of 19)20-2-2006 23:06:38 file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswijk/Mijn%20documenten/spaar/Catherine%20Asaro%20-%20Fortune%20and%20Misfortune.txt closeted with the casting people for about ten minutes. When she came out she looked at me, held her palms up and shrugged elaborately. Her gesture said, clearly as words, I have no idea whether I made it or not. I didn’t