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Free Fiction Monday: Jury Duty
Pamela Jackson has secrets, secrets that forced her to change her identity and move to the Oregon Coast. Now, upstanding citizen that she’s pretending to be, she’s been called for jury duty. Worse, she’s on a jury. For a murder case. And murder is something she knows a little too much about. “Jury Duty,” a short story by Edgar-nominee Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is available for 99 cents on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other ebookstores. Also available in the collection Five Female Sleuths, available for 2.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other ebookstores. The free story will only be available for one week. If you missed this one, click on the links above. There’s another free story lurking somewhere around this site. Track it down, read, and enjoy. … Read entire article »
Filed under: free fiction, Free Fiction Mondays
The Impossibles: A New Short Story
Analog SF has just published “The Impossibles” in its December issue. “The Impossibles” is set in the Retrieval Artist universe, but with none of the characters we’ve seen before. The story explores a part of the universe that’s new. You can enjoy the piece without ever having read a Retrieval Artist story. You can find Analog at any newsstand or in many e-bookstores, including Amazon. Or you can order a copy here. … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: Believe In Yourself
The Business Rusch: Believe In Yourself Kristine Kathryn Rusch On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, National Public Radio ran a piece titled, “My Accidental Masterpiece: The Phantom Tollbooth,” by Norton Juster. My sister gave me The Phantom Tollbooth when I was a kid. The book is still on my bookshelf, not in the best of condition, with my name badly scrawled on the flyleaf. I loved the book, and still remember unwrapping it on Christmas morning. (I used to go around and shake packages, like any kid, and then, if the package was a book, I’d set it toward the back of the pile, because I knew books were best.) When I read The Phantom Tollbooth and fell in love with it, I had no idea that it was the subject of some controversy. Juster … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, On Writing
Paloma: A Retrieval Artist Novel Reissued
Paloma: A Retrieval Artist Novel has just hit e-book. A trade paper will follow later this year. But you can now read the next Miles Flint adventure by downloading from all e-bookstores, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. The wonderful cover is again by Jonathan Kort. Here’s the book’s back cover copy: Retrieval Artist Miles Flint gets an urgent message from his mentor, Paloma. But by the time he arrives at her apartment, she’s dead, the victim of a terrible murder. The police, already on the scene, think Flint’s connected to the death. Effectively frozen out of the investigation, he starts one of his own, and discovers secrets that Paloma kept, secrets that make Flint question everything he knew about her, everything she taught him about honor, ethics, and being a Retrieval … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: R*E*S*P*E*C*T
The Business Rusch: R*E*S*P*E*C*T Kristine Kathryn Rusch Crank up the Aretha Franklin as you read this. Because her classic “R*E*S*P*E*C*T” is blaring as I write this. I am fed up. This is the kind of mood I get into when I tell bosses to go screw themselves, when I walk off the job, when I say, “That’s it, no one treats me like this. Not a soul.” In the past two days, two different editors have told me that I don’t know how publishing works. One deigned to explain to me how something in book production worked when I questioned a scheduling problem in the publishing house. The other told me I had no idea how to write a good book in my genre. Excuse me, children? And I do mean children. Both are younger than me, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, On Writing
And Even More Free Fiction: Hero Dust
Last February, BBC4 ran a Short History of Vampires and included my story, “Hero Dust.” They’re rerunning the series this month (I wonder why?) and you can listen to “Hero Dust” for free until Sunday. Just follow this link. You can also get your own e-book copy of “Hero Dust” from fine e-booksellers everywhere. … Read entire article »
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More Free Fiction: Unnatural Disaster
Read The Entire Story More free fiction! And it isn’t even Monday! You can find my newest Oregon Coast fantasy story in the October, 2011, issue of Fantasy Magazine. You can order a copy here or read the story online here. If you like this story, check out these e-book stories as well: “The Women of Whale Rock,” “Strange Creatures,” “The Light at Whale Cove,” and Fantasy Life, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current News, featured, free fiction
