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The Anatomy Lesson

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 6

Author

Scott
Sanders

Appeared in

Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Story Summary

When a young anatomy student arrives at the library too late to check out a human skeleton, the librarian gives him a mysterious six fingered skeleton which he thinks a hoax until his body starts to transform.