GEMSTONES by Tyree Campbell

Do you still think Genetically Modified Organisms are safe for consumption?

“Gemstones” takes an incisive, bitter-sweet, and yet off-beat look at what can
happen when DNA meets technology. Come follow KTIT reporters Horace and
Mark as they investigate the Fauxna.

“Gemstones,” btw, was voted #2 story for December 2002 by Index of Online
Fiction.