Cradle and All

Cradle And All is a short story written by Quincy J. Allen and published in We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity in 2019 from Chris Kennedy Publishing.

The story focuses on Dr. Maria Fujimoto, an employee of Paragon Savage Genetics, on the planet Montoya in La Republica Del Escobar. Dr. Fujimoto is a brilliant geneticist and the brains behind PSG's newest development, Genies. Genies are human/animal hybrids, bred and cloned to have the strenghts of both parent species, while minimizing their weaknesses. In the story, Dr. Fujimoto is called to task by PSG's CEO, Julio Sakai, when he learns Dr. Fujimoto has subverted the "Methionine Protocol", which renders the Genies dependent on getting regular injections from PSG staff, or be crippled and die in a week or less. Dr. Fujimoto, with the help of genies she's created, manages to escape Montoya aboard a ship granted to her by Escobar's President, Pablo Vasquez.