Emily Devenport is another one of the local authors I know from hanging around writerly events here in the valley of the sun– sitting on panels at local cons, chatting at the bookstore she worked in, that sort of thing.
In addition to the name Emily Devenport, she has written as Maggy Thomas and Lee Hogan. Her novel Broken Time (as Maggy Thomas) was a finalist for the Philip K dick Award for best novel. I have a copy that is grossly overdue to be read.
Her contribution to 2020 Visions is a novelette called If the Sun’s at Five O’Clock, It Must be Yellow Daisies. It’s the story of obsessive excesses mixed with a creative technological advancement in weight loss techniques. Once again, trying to avoid spoilers makes discussing the story difficult.
Emily’s story rounds out the first half of the table of contents.  The second half is every bit as good.
