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Free Fiction Monday: The Observer
They send the best and brightest to war, then observe them when the soldiers return. Only someone else observes too—someone closer to the soldier, someone quite surprising… Published with bonus story “Elites.” “The Observer,” written by Hugo-award winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available (with a bonus story) for $2.99 on Kindle, Smashwords, Nook, and in other bookstores. Also available in the collection, Lightspeed Year One, edited by John Joseph Adams, available in trade paper and as an ebook. 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. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: Cat Nap
Triwell doesn’t adopt strays. He is a stray, a man who has lost everything even though he has a house and an antiquarian bookstore in Seavy Village on the Oregon Coast. The cat adopted him. She’s a mystery, a mystery who lives with him, a mystery he will solve one summer in a surprising—and deadly—way. “Cat Nap” by USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available (with a bonus story) for $2.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. 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. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: The Karnikov Card
Secret Master of Fandom and Private Detective Spade faces an impossible mission: He must save Celebcon Five from itself. The convention that’s trying to out Comic-con Comic-con has decided to make Dmitri Karnikov its guest of honor. Spade doesn’t want the mega-celebrity anywhere near a science fiction convention. When a celebrity of Karnikov’s wattage agrees to attend, something’s wrong. Then Spade’s mysterious friend Paladin reveals the secret to Karnikov’s attendance, and Spade must act quickly—or Celebcon Five might become a crime scene of the worst possible kind. “The Karnikov Card” by Shamus Award nominee Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for $2.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. If you like “The Karnikov Card,” you might like the first Spade/Paladin adventure, “The Case of the Vanishing Boy” (Kindle, Nook, Smashwords), and … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: E-Male
Gavin spends his morning reading the email of his ex-girlfriend, Stella. He has a restraining order, so he can’t approach her. The email has to do. Until it stops. Until Stella disappears from the world. Gavin thinks he knows what happened to her, but how can he help her? He’s not a hero—or is he? “E-Male” by Edgar-nominee Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for $1.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. 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. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: Red Letter Day
Graduation Day at Barack Obama High School. The day the Red Letters arrive, the day that students get a glimpse into their own future. But a handful never get a letter and no one knows why. One teacher has an idea though, a teacher who never got a Red Letter herself, a teacher who will finally have answers before the day is out. Called “a fresh, solid, entertaining take on time travel” by Tangent Online, “Red Letter Day” was chosen as the best short story of 2010 by the readers of Analog Magazine. “Red Letter Day” by Hugo-award winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for $1.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. The free story will only be available for one week. If you missed this one, click on the links … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: Scheduling Conflict
The woman who calls Police Detective Riley Scott has the sexiest voice he’s ever heard. She wants to set up an appointment so that he can arrest her for robbing the National Bank and Trust. The problem is no one has robbed that bank in more than a decade. Detective Scott writes it off as a crank call until he gets another one. And another. The calls bother him because he doesn’t care how crazy she is—he wants more than anything to meet the owner of that voice. “Scheduling Conflict” by Kristine Dexter is available for 99 cents on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. … Read entire article »
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Free Fiction Monday: Spirit Guides
Kincaid always shows up at a crime scene before the crime happens. Except at the Burger Joint. He got stuck in Los Angeles traffic and arrived just after the shooting ended. Now he must deal with carnage, carnage he couldn’t prevent—carnage he’s never been able to prevent. The carnage takes him to the end of his singular talent, and as he tries to flee, he comes face-to-face with his future, and his ever-so-difficult past. “Spirit Guides” by USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for 99 cents 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 »
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