Free Fiction Monday: The City’s Edge
To cope with his wife’s death, Petras must come to terms with the reality of it. He needs to see her body, visit the place where she died…understand why she died.
But the closer Petras gets to the place Hedie died, the more questions he faces—questions that might destabilize everything Petras thinks he knows.
“The City’s Edge,” 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.
The City’s Edge
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Now that’s a CSI episode I want to see. 😀