I first read Brandon Sanderson’s novelette “Firstborn” while proofreading the story for the Leading Edge, BYU’s speculative fiction magazine, and I thought it was great.  Brandon’s usual genre is fantasy, but “Firstborn” is science fiction, and he pulls it off very well. 

Unfortunately, since the circulation of the Leading Edge is small, not many people had a chance to read the story when it came out.

Fortunately, “Firstborn” is now available for free at Tor.com.