The 3rd Alternative – UK Magazine of Speculative Fiction

What people are saying about “Running on Two Legs” (cont.):

the beauty of the language carries one along . . . It is difficult to write a thoughtful story that features a terminal disease without melodrama, and Eugie Foster achieves it with style.
—E. Sedia, Tangent

My favourites were ‘Thirst’ by Singh and a curious tale of a gifted child, ‘Running On Two Legs’ by Foster.
—Rod MacDonald, SF Crowsnest

My favorite story, however, was “Running on Two Legs” by Eugie Foster . . . it was interestingly cute, and it has a refreshingly sanguine view of serious illness.
—Cheryl Morgan, Emerald City

“The Cajun Knot” by Melanie Fazi is . . . one of the two really excellent stories in this magazine . . . The other excellent story in the issue is “Running on Two Legs” by Eugie Foster . . . a delightful positive tale
—Sam Tomaino, SFRevu

Cover art by Vincent Chong

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Running on Two Legs
My mother used to tell stories of how I talked to animals when I was a little girl. And then she'd laugh when she described how indignant I got because no one believed they talked back. I don't remember much of that period of my life. There were a lot of hospitals—white rooms, other pale children next to me, all of us with clear IV tubes taped to our parchment paper skin—and doctors, smiling men with haunted eyes that they tried so hard to keep us from seeing. That's mostly what I remember. And then came the miraculous words "in remission."… More Running on Two Legs »
     
     

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