Concourse of Dreams — Phillip C. Jennings

Phil Jennings has been known for short science fiction since 1986, and has been published in Asimov's, Amazing Stories, F&SF, Aboriginal, Analog, Science Fiction Eye, and other magazines. His two books, Tower to the Sky and the Bug-Life Chronicles, won plaudits for their wealth of ideas. Phil lives in Minnesota and loves his church choir so much he'd attend religiously even were he an atheist. He and his wife divide on whether to have a cat or a dog, and so they've settled on good furniture instead.