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The sun cuts starbursts in the needles’ verdigris, a thousand sconces of astral light. The great dinosaur plates of the trunks turn shades of orange, terra-cotta, and cinnamon.

And a named apple is a patentable apple, as Olivia’s father would tell her. She once fought with him over a case of his. He was helping a transnational company prosecute a farmer who’d saved some of last year’s soybean crop and replanted, without paying royalties again. She was outraged. “You can’t…

An ice storm coats the town in a lapidary crust

Her body, draped in towel and steam, shines with need. Even the gelid air strokes her like a sex toy.

Being one of three females in the program also gave her a little frisson.