Nine Billion Turing Tests

Chris Willrich is best known for his “Gaunt and Bone” fantasy stories, which include the novel The Scroll of Years and its sequels, and for his stories about the black cat Shadowdrop set in the same world. Chris’ recent work includes “Hausferatu” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #384, “The Second Labyrinth” in the May/June 2023 Asimov’s, and “Runefall” in the anthology Tales from Stolki’s Hall, edited by Lou Anders. His story “The Odyssey Problem” (Clarkesworld, June 2022) appeared in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023, edited by R.F. Kuang. Chris has been a harbor cruise deckhand and a newspaper copy editor, but his favorite “day job” has been as a librarian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.