Stable Strategies for Middle Management
"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Eileen Gunn.
Plot summary
Margaret is a corporate executive who, to prove her loyalty to the company, undergoes bioengineering that gradually transforms her into a giant insect.Reception
"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.Strange Horizons considered that it "must come high in any list of best SF short stories"; similarly, Michael Swanwick has placed it on his personal "short list of the best short stories of the late twentieth century."