[dynachrome]

Cordwainer Smith is an SF writer whose work is way out of the ordinary.

THE BALLAD OF
LOST C’MELL
By CORDWAINER SMITH

full story here:
https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/smithcordwainer-balladoflostcmell/smithcordwainer-balladoflostcmell-00-h.html

She was a girly girl and they were true men, the lords of creation, but she pitted her wits against them and she won. It had never happened before, and it is sure never to happen again, but she did win. She was not even of human extraction. She was cat-derived, though human in outward shape, which explains the C in front of her name. Her father’s name was C’mackintosh and her name was C’mell. She won her trick against the lawful and assembled Lords of the Instrumentality.

[wastedyears]

Thanks for linking that. I had hoped Jestocost would have ended up with C’mell. Nice little story.