The cat in his lap, a kind person, a bright lipstick. He’d transformed from a stoic person to someone who could love giddily without history, and sometimes he did. His loss of memory, of sentience, was slow and excruciating, but occasionally momentarily joyful. Though I knew him well, I never knew the person his sons had known.
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When he died, it was after years of his mind piecemeal disregarding the rules, flinging his past and present off like a series of shirts. My beloved former father–in–law was a tremendously intellectual man, a professor, pioneer of public broadcasting, and a WWII vet who, at the end of his life, suffered from Alzheimer’s. That, these creatures, their affiliation to the seat of memory, led me to this story. The brain’s hippocampi are the seat of memory. But as usual this reason a) wasn’t enough for me, b) had possibilities, and so I wrote a story. Turns out there’s an obvious reason - as in, the brain’s hippocampi are seahorse–shaped and were therefore named after the mythic animals. This story came from me wondering why they were called hippocampi, that sparking a memory of brain diagrams, and then wondering why there were parts in the brain with the same name as these mythological winged horse–fish… so, research. MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY: I bought a set of beautiful Art Deco brass hippocampus bookends on eBay.
Headley, and maybe some of those super secret upcoming projects, check out her website at or follow her on Twitter at MAGAZINE: To get the preliminary question out of the way: What was the genesis for this story? She’s unfettered and fascinating, and this month, Apex Magazine is thrilled to bring you her short story, “ What You’ve Been Missing.” She’s also the author of Queen of Kings, a historical dark fantasy novel about Cleopatra, and was a 2012 Nebula Award finalist for her short story “Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream.” She’s also got lots of secret projects up her sleeves - maybe ball gown sleeves. Did I mention she has a seven–foot taxidermied crocodile? Because she does. In New York, she once dated everyone who asked her out for a whole year just to see what would happen. She wears ball gowns and tiaras while writing on occasion. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th SFWA Grand Master in 2013.Maria Dahvana Headley is not your average writer. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction from the academic Eaton Science Fiction Conference at UCR Libraries. Since January 2001 he has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002. His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series. His work includes fiction, memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., Chip Delany to his friends, is an American author, professor and literary critic. Writer, Cartoonist, Novelist, Author, Essayist, Literary critic, Editor, Educator Delaney, Samuel Ray Delany Jr., Samuel Ray Delany, S.
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