Lambing Season

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"Lambing Season"
Author	Molly Gloss
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Published in	Asimov's Science Fiction
Publication type	Magazine
Publication date	July 2002

Lambing Season is a science fiction short story published in 2002 by Molly Gloss. It was nominated for the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.^[1]

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The story follows Delia, a woman who enjoys the solitude of herding sheep each summer. Along with her two dogs and flock of sheep she relishes the natural beauty, silence and long walks that come as part of her job. After one particularly trying evening, she sees a green and yellow flash arc across the sky. She goes to investigate and finds that an alien spaceship has landed on Earth.