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Michalis Manolios

Aethra/The Quantum Mommy

AethraFrom the Winner of the International Aeon Award issued by Albedo One – Michalis Manolios – an intense and quite disturbing story that starts as an investigation into the murder of an Art Critic to touch the issues of human cloning and individual responsibility. Aethra's villa is not only the crime scene, but also a forge where very peculiar “subjects of art” are created, subjects in which a sentient copy of Mistress Aethra are entrapped. It is up to police commissioner Costas to determine who is the culprit, what really happened in the villa but, most of all, why. The Quantum MommyA journey into space ends in an unexpected way: the teleportation device that should lead astronaut Armelina to Europe II fails and the woman finds out that she has been “replicated”: one remained on planet Earth while the other has reached her destination. Agape, Armelina's daughter, will start this wonderful quantum story with the simple question: “Who is my real mom?”
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  • Mikołaj Małaczyńskihas quoted10 years ago
    “Ummm… Okay, Europa II, copy that.”

    The light bathed the chamber in its glow for a moment, but that was it. Armelina remained in place. After an awkward second, she threw up her arms baffled looking towards the control center. There where a small, ill-boding commotion was already beginning to stir.

    Right after the reddish light went out, the teletechnicians huddled together over the readings from the equipment trying to figure out what went wrong.

    The theoretical physicists however turned towards the cameras aboard the Europa II, hoping against the improbable. The moment Armelina of Earth took her first step out of the chamber, her voice, from across the far end of the solar system, froze them al

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