Free Fiction Monday: Handfast
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When Ry gave her the gun, she thought it the most romantic gift she’d ever received. But after his death she had to put the magic gun in her past or risk losing her future.
Until the day she can no longer keep the gun at bay. It demands answers. Answers only she can find. Answers that involve a ceremony she never fully understood. Until now.
“Handfast” 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 and is included in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine: Issue Zero, which is available in ebook and trade paperback here.
Handfast
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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