Toasted Cake 95! In which we keep an eye on the cookies.
When Mrs. Wallace looked through her oven door, the gingerbread man woke up.
(First appeared right here in Raven Electrick.)
Vylar Kaftan has published several dozen short stories in such places as Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and COSMOS, as well as an Incan Empire alternate history novella in Asimov's. She was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2011 for her short story, "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno". Four years ago, she founded FOGcon, a science fiction convention in the San Francisco Bay Area. She blogs at www.vylarkaftan.net and tweets as @vylar_kaftan.