When asked the interview question from Blade Runner (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, well, you should), Mr. Vukcevich had this to say about why he flipped over the turtle:
This situation must be happening in the future after the lunatic Republican congress has passed and the Goofball has signed into law the bill that mandates the people pay property owners when the protection of endangered species has a financial impact on the potential profitability of their land. I’ve gone crazy and bought a small patch of desert by then. I turn over the turtle and call the appropriate agency and inform them that if my check doesn’t get here soon, the turtle cooks. Earlier I’d wrestled Bambie’s mom to the ground and held a gun to her head, but it turned out deer were not yet endangered, so I got no cash. The turtle is Plan B.
As well as In Which an Angel Offers Instruction on the Meaning of Life in issue one, Mr. Vukcevich has recently published in Night Train, Lust for Life and Polyphony; he also has a collection out from Small Beer Press, entitled Meet Me In The Moon Room.
More information (about Ray, not turtles) can be found at: http://www.sff.net/people/rayv/.