Rebecca Ore has published seven novels since 1988. The latest,

Gaia’s Toys,

has just come out in trade paperback from Tor Books. Her last story for

Asimov’s,

“Hypocaust & Baythesphere” (January 1995), was a time travel story set in medieval England. In her newest tale, Ms. Ore peers deep into America’s own past to reveal some complex and unsettling secrets.