I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.
Libba BrayAs a kid, I imagined lots of different scenarios for my life. I would be an astronaut. Maybe a cartoonist. A famous explorer or rock star. Never once did I see myself standing under the window of a house belonging to some druggie named Carbine, waiting for his yard gnome to steal his stash so I could get a cab back to a cheap motel where my friend, a neurotic, death-obsessed dwarf, was waiting for me so we could get on the road to an undefined place and a mysterious Dr. X, who would cure me of mad cow disease and stop a band of dark energy from destroying the universe.
Libba BrayI knew it. Youโre an alien,โ said her former best friend, the pale, bespectacled creature with the spectacular cleavage. โYes, Iโm an alien and I still made cheerleader. And now Iโm going to steal your boyfriend to prove girls canโt really be friends.โ โI sat back timidly when you torched my house, killed my parents, and ate my dog. But now youโre stealing my boyfriend? Thatโs a step too far!
Libba Bray