"Gypsy Tail Wind" by Mary Rosenblum

A tale set in the outer reaches of the Solar System about a girl who may be involved in intrigues she is unaware of. Sent to meet a representative of the gypsies, who are apparently genetic experts, she is then drugged, along with the representative, in an attempt to kidnap the gypsy. Only her wits, and the unusual connection she builds up with gypsy, may save her is the end against her kidnappers.

• Read from Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 2005 issue