Free Fiction Monday: Petra and the Blue Goo
Petra loves books. And she loves her job at Nuovo Italiano Rare Books Library. So when a group of Bathybobles threatens to destroy those precious books—and to win a game, no less—Petra must stop them.
Once she gets the slime out of her eyes, of course.
“Petra and the Blue Goo,” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is free on this website for one week only. The story’s also available as an ebook through various online retailers here.
Petra and the Blue Goo
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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[…] But getting there…well, let’s just say I felt a lot like Petra in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s delightful (and for me, incredibly timely) story “Petra and the Blue Goo.” […]
What a delightful and fascinating imagination, you have! I’ll think of you the next time I have fish tacos. Thanks for writing.