In fact the mutant is happy in a world of mutants. In fact in extreme close-up the alien turns out to be just another planet. In fact if you read this you may be launched into outer space. It’s Melissa Dias-Mandoly’s “The Fly”:
Orbiting our archives in the 2.2 belt, “The Fly” is gloriously in print or downloadable. Read on!

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