The Historian's Apprentice

by S. Andrew Swann

It is the twelfth age of man and she has been imprisoned by the machinery of the Monad for uncounted years. When Doctor Bel comes and frees her from the grip of the Protectory, she imagines that he desires her as a courtesan. However, the Doctor lusts for things less corporal and much more significant.

"The Historian's Apprentice" is a short story by S. Andrew Swann that originally appeared in the anthology MAN vs. MACHINE edited by John Helfers & Martin H. Greenberg, published by DAW Books Inc. in 2007.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 25, 2016

About the author

S. Andrew Swann is the primary pseudonym of Steven Swiniarski, who also writes as S.A. Swiniarski, Steven Krane, and S.A. Swann.