Music Makers (9 page)
The plan is for all of us to use the stairs to go to the farm, and to leave as soon as Jason is sound asleep. Dad will carry Jason, who is not likely to wake up. Vernon will have a big suitcase, enough to do us until the movers bring the rest of our things, and I’ll have a smaller suitcase. The last thing I put in the suitcase was Jason’s new favorite book,
Where the Wild Things Are
. I wonder if that’s where the two men in suits ended up, with the wild things.
Dad will come back with Vernon, and he will drive to the farm overnight with Spotty. We will say he drove Jason and me, but it’s too long a trip for Jason, who would need a bathroom break. Also, there’s the possibility that we could be stopped somewhere. We want whoever hired those agents to believe that Dad is at the farm, and if they keep tabs on him, that’s where they will locate the tracking device for the next ten years or longer. Vernon will wait for the movers, and then drive our car to the farm.
And I have a plan of my own that I haven’t mentioned yet. But I will. If Vernon thinks he can flit off now and then to exotic places and take pictures while I sit at home, he’s in for a surprise. From now on he will have a companion and Dad will be our baby sitter.
“Ready?” Vernon asks, taking my hand.
I nod. The staircase is only four or five steps this time, and it’s for my benefit since I can’t teleport, but although anyone can climb the stairs, only the conjuror can decide where they end up. Vernon will keep a good grip on my hand so we’ll all end up at the same place. We start up the staircase.
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Kate Wilhelm
Kate Wilhelm’s first short story, “The Pint-Sized Genie” was published in
Fantastic Stories
in 1956. Her first novel,
More Bitter Than Death
, a mystery, was published in 1963. Over the span of her career, her writing has crossed over the genres of science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy and magical realism, psychological suspense, mimetic, comic, family sagas, a multimedia stage production, and radio plays. She has recently returned to writing mysteries with her Barbara Holloway and the Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl Mysteries novels. Her works have been adapted for television, theater, and movies in the United States, England, and Germany. Wilhelm’s novels and stories have been translated to more than a dozen languages. She has contributed to
Redbook, Quark, Orbit, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Locus, Amazing, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Ellery Queen’s Mysteries, Fantastic Stories, Omni
and many others.
Kate and her husband, Damon Knight (1922-2002), also provided invaluable assistance to numerous other writers over the years. Their teaching careers covered a span of several decades, and hundreds of students, many of whom are famous names in the field today. Kate and Damon helped to establish the Clarion Writer’s Workshop and the Milford Writer’s Conference. They have lectured together at universities in North and South America and Asia. They have been the guests of honor and panelists at numerous conventions around the world. Kate continues to host monthly workshops, as well as teach at other events. She is an avid supporter of local libraries.
Kate Wilhelm lives in Eugene, Oregon.