Free Fiction Monday: The One That Got Away
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The regulars at Spirit Winds’ Thursday night blackjack tournament never call attention to themselves. Some are retired, some are a little shady, some have seen too much. But none of them believed in UFOs. Until that night when the lights went out in the middle of the tournament…and something very, very strange happened. Something eerie. Something…alien.
“The One That Got Away” by New York Times bestselling 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 One That Got Away
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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“What would have happened on the thirteenth hand if we had all blackjacked on the twelfth?”
Had to search the web to get a handle on the end, but I assume this is a reference to the tables being turned from the bible.
Great atmosphere.