Author

Patricia Duffy Novak

Patricia Duffy Novak lives in Alabama with her husband, Jim, and several cats and dogs. Her short fiction has appeared in several volumes of the Sword and Sorceress anthologies, as well as in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, and Realms of Fantasy, among other places. She became hooked on science fiction and fantasy while still in grade school and continues as an avid reader in the field to this day.

Nanomite

Oops, tactical error. Marla gave an internal grimace as she looked up from her salad-making to see her husband bustling down the hall with the latest issue of Woman's Journal in his hands. After the incident with the security system she'd vowed to stash her magazines where he…