num_pages: 271
description: In her debut collection, Maureen F. McHugh examines the impacts of social and technological shifts on families. Using deceptively simple prose, she illuminates the relationship between parents and children and the expected and unexpected chasms that open between generations.Contents:Ancestor Money (2003)In the Air (1995)The Cost to Be Wise (1996)The Lincoln Train (1995)Interview: On Any Given Day (2001)Oversite (2004)Wicked (2005)Laika Comes Back Safe (2002)Presence (2002)Eight-Legged Story (2003)The Beast (1992)Nekropolis (1994)Frankenstein's Daughter (2003)
language: English
title: Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories
titlecomplete: Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories
genres: Magical Realism, American, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Collections, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 496
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novelette for "Nekropolis", awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novelette for "Nekropolis" (1995) and Best Collection, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
category: "Nekropolis", awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Story Prize, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: HOMer Award
category: Novelette for "Nekropolis"
publisher: Small Beer Press