Free Fiction Monday: Elites
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Rowena runs the House, a place for homeless Sky veterans. The House, open only to the women who compose the Elite Squad, has only a few rules: No names, no details, no weapons.
The problem? Anything can become a weapon—even a toilet bowl scrubber. Even a word. Especially a word.
A word that could destroy both Rowena and her House.
“Elites” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is free on this website for one week only. The story is also available in ebook here and is included in the collection Colliding Worlds, Vol. 5, which is available in ebook, trade paperback, and hardcover here.
Elites
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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