Present — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Mason Evers' thirtieth birthday depresses him, so his wife Roxy decides to give him a present he will never forget. Only the present malfunctions. Should Mason and Roxy fix the present? Or should they simply enjoy it?

“A joy of clarity and lyricism. She is a new breed of writer: a Renaissance woman.”
-- Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction