P is for Pleiotropy

The Phantom of Yremy
The Picture
The Piebald Plumber of Haemlin
The Pipes of Pan
Plastikkmennesket(Plastic Man)
The Power of Prayer
Prisoner in the Ice
The Psi Salamander
Purgatrio
     
  The Phantom of Yremy [11] (as Brian Craig)  
    Wolf Riders, GW 1989  
      ed. David Pringle  
    Wolf Riders, Boxtree 1995  
      ed. David Pringle  
    The Laughter of the Dark Gods, Games Workshop Black Library 2002  
      ed. David Pringle  
    Translated into Polish as:  
      'Fantom Yremy' in Jezdzcy wilk¢w ed. David Pringle, Games Workshop 1995  
         
      Vaguely reminiscent of the Raffles stories, in which a gentleman burglar (sic) confounds the forces of law and order by visiting the homes of the well-to-do; without anyone feeling that they've been invaded and left in need of counselling. (My my, I must be getting judgmental in my old age.)

This time, the victims are Monsieur Voltigeur and his family, which is doubly embarrassing as Voltigeur is Yremy's senior Magistrate. With the aid of his faithful clerk Jean Malchance and a host of magical protection, he sets out to unmask the mysterious Phantom. Can he do it, you ask? ...Don't be silly.

Actually, the mystery isn't very mysterious once you figure out the motivation. BEWARE: HORMONES.

 
         
   

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  The Picture [1]  
    The Seventh Seal 2 (April 2000)  
   

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  The Piebald Plumber of Haemlin [9]  
    Interzone 130 (April 1998)  
    Translated into French as:  
      'Pie de Haemlin' in Histoires e cochons et de Science-Fiction ed. Silvie Denis, Bifrost/Etoiles Vives 1998  
   

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  The Pipes of Pan [9]  
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (June 1997)  
    Year's Best SF 3, Harper Prism  
      ed. David G. Hartwell  
    Genometry, Ace Science Fiction, 2001  
      ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozios  
    Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution, Five Star 2004  
    Translated into German as:  
      Die Flöten des Pan in Werwolf im Schafspelz - Die besten Stories aus The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1999, Folge.  
         
      Wendy is the ultimate child-substitute: a thirteen-year-old girl, who has been the light of her parents' lives for over thirty years, when the spectre of Progeria raises its ugly head and threatens to force changes upon everybody's lives.

Like Snowball in Hell, this finds Brian in the mood to consider what can and should be done with biotechnology.

 
   

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  Plastikkmennesket(Plastic Man) [1]  
    Norcon 99 [Programme Book] August 1999  
   

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  The Power of Prayer [4]  
    Paradox 1 (Spring 2003)  
     
  Prisoner in the Ice [5]  
    Vision of Tomorrow 3 (November 1969)  
   

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  The Psi Salamander [2] (as John Rose)  
    Proteus 1 (1966)  
   

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  Purgatorio [v]  
    Drabble II: Double Century, Beccon Publications 1990  
      ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake  
         
      The last of three stories featuring Fred Pilgrim; the other two written by Katherine and Leo Stableford appear in the same volume. (Drabble II also features Sex Lives of Housewives by Brian's wife, Jane)

Having already failed to fit in both heaven and hell, Fred gets his final chance, otherwise it's back to Earth!

 
   

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